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G. Madhavan Nair (born 31 October 1943) 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 .
Dr G Madhavan Nair was born on October 31,1943 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He graduated in Engineering from Kerala University in 1966 and underwent training at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Bombay. He joined Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1967.
In his role as the Director of VSSC from 1999 till he took over the present position, Dr G.Madhavan Nair led VSSC, the largest Centre of ISRO with about six thousand employees working in various engineering and scientific disciplines towards the development of India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - GSLV capable of orbiting 2000 k...
Shri. G. Madhavan Nair, former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is presently holding the positions of the President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA); the Chairman of the Board of Governors, IIT-Patna; the Chairman of the Centre for Management Development of the Government of Kerala, and he is also ...
Aug 30, 2021 · In this talk with TEDxSCAC’21, Dr. G Madhavan Nair talks about the importance of space travel and, its impact and influence on the greater evolution of mankind.
As a child, G Madhavan Nair, former head of Isro, dreamt of going to the moon. As an adult, he became the architect of India’s moon mission. However, his dream run at Isro ended in a...
Aug 12, 2021 · That was former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair. Naturally, ISRO's failure to launch its first Earth observation satellite on August 12, 2021 came as a big disappointment for him.
Aug 23, 2023 · “Madhavan, what evidence are you going to show before the world that we reached the Moon?” APJ Abdul Kalam asked G Madhavan Nair, the chairman of Isro (2003-2009), prior to the launch of Chandrayaan-1 in 2008. “When we carried out missions to Everest and Antarctica, we placed our flag there.
Aug 24, 2023 · Photograph: Kind courtesy ISRO. Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched on the 22nd of October 2008. And G Madhavan Nair was the chairman of ISRO then. It was a successful...
Aug 21, 2023 · NEW DELHI: As India awaits Chandrayaan-3 's historic moon landing with bated breath, former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair is keeping his fingers crossed for the final "complex manoeuvre" that will propel the country into a league of select nations who have achieved a lunar touchdown.
