The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Trivandrum,in the Indian state of Kerala.
Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal is an aeronautical scientist and an aerospace engineer of India. He was a director at LPSC,a unit of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO).
G. Madhavan Nair is an Indian space scientist and a former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation,and Secretary to the Department of Space,Government of India. His tenure saw commencement of Indian Human Spaceflight Programme and launch of extraterrestrial exploration mission Chandrayaan-I.
Byrana Nagappa Suresh is an Indian aerospace scientist. He is presently the Chancellor,Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ. He was President Indian National Academy of Engineering,INAE at Delhi,for four years during 2015 to 2018. He served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),Thiruvananthapuram during the period 2003–2007. He is known for his contribution to the development of Indian launch vehicles,Space Capsule Recovery Experiments (SRE) and also for R&D management. Suresh also served as the founding director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST),Thiruvananthapuram. He retired from IIST in November 2010. He was Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ for 5 years since November 2010 and also a professor at IIT,Mumbai and MIT,Manipal for 3 years. He was a member of the board of governors (BOG) for IIT,Madras for 7 years until July 2018. He is the vice chair for the Design Division of Aeronautical Society of India. He is one of the associate editors of the book From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet and a co-author of Ever Upwards:ISRO in Images, both tracing the history of Indian Space Research Organisation. He is the President of the reputed Jnanadeepa Senior Secondary School and Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education
The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the statutory head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The officeholder is a secretary to the Government of India and an executive of the Department of Space (DOS) which directly reports to the prime minister of India.
Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as Chairman of Space Commission,Secretary of the Department of Space,Government of India. Under his leadership,India became the first country to reach Mars in its first attempt.
Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan is a well known space scientist and rocket technologist of India. He has served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala and as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU),Thiruvananthapuram. One of the most senior scientists at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO),Veeraraghavan is known for his contributions to launch vehicle technology,especially in the areas of integration &checkout and Inertial Systems of ISROs launch vehicles. Presently,he is holding the honorary position of Prof. Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor in VSSC,ISRO since January 2013.
M. C. Dathan is an Indian space scientist and former director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). The Government of India honoured him,in 2014,by awarding him the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award,for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. In May 2016,the Government of Kerala appointed MC Dathan as the scientific advisor to chief minister.
Prem Shanker Goel is an Indian space scientist,former secretary at the Department of Ocean Development,Ministry of Earth Sciences,Government of India and a former director of Indian Space Research Organization. He was honored by the Government of India,in 2001,with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
The SCE-200 is a 2 MN thrust class liquid rocket engine,being developed to power ISRO's existing LVM3 and upcoming heavy and super heavy-lift launch vehicles. It is being developed by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of ISRO and is expected to have first flight in 2020s.
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan is an Indian aerospace and computer scientist. He is a Professor of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Education Research Centre of Indian Institute of Science and a visiting professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Balakrishnan was honored by the Government of India,in 2002,with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri
Prahlada Rama Rao is an Indian missile scientist,former vice chancellor of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology and a former director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory,the largest of the Defence Research and Development Organization laboratories in India,known for his contributions to Indian space programme. He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri,the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Sivan Kailasavadivu is an Indian aerospace engineer who served as the Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) and Space Commission. He has previously served as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.
Tumkur Seetharamaiah Prahlad is an Indian aerospace scientist and the former director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL),Bengaluru,known as a specialist in Aerodynamics and Aerospace Design. His contributions are reported in Indian civil aircraft development programmes of Hansa and NAL Saras and light combat aircraft development programme. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2004,The same year,he received the H. K. Firodia Award from H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation.
Suryanarayanan Srinivasan (1941–1999) was an Indian aeronautical engineer and the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),known for his pioneering work in rocket science. He also served as the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre and assisted A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the SLV3 Mission as its deputy director. He was an elected Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 2000,for his contributions to Indian space program.
P. V. Manoranjan Rao is a veteran space scientist and author from India. In his career spanning over three decades —including over two decades at the Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre —he has done extensive research in areas including the physics of lightning discharge,ionospheric physics,magnetospheric physics,VLF and ELF wave propagation,electrostatics of launch vehicles,electrostatic charging of communications satellites,EMI/EMC and lightning protection for launch vehicles. He has edited and authored three books on India's space history.
C. P. Reghunadhan Nair is an Indian polymer scientist who was the deputy director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (ISRO).
Sreedhara Panicker Somanath is an Indian aerospace engineer serving as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Under his chairmanship,ISRO carried out the third Indian lunar exploration mission named Chandrayaan-3. The lander named Vikram and the rover named Pragyan landed near the lunar south pole region on 23 August 2023 at 18:04 IST,making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole and the fourth country to demonstrate soft landing on the Moon.
P. Kunhikrishnan is a Space Scientist from India. Currently,he is a Distinguished Scientist &Former Director of U.R.Rao Satellite Centre (URSC),in Bengaluru,India. He was a member of Space Commission,Government of India
Dr.V. R. Lalithambika is an Indian engineer and scientist who has been working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She is a specialist in Advanced Launcher Technologies and was leading the Gaganyaan mission to send Indian astronauts to space by 2022.
