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Sreedhara Panicker Somanath (born July 1963) 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 .
Dr. S. Somanath has been a delegate to UN-COPUOS, vice President of International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and participated in International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held at different countries.
Today, January 14, 2022, Shri. S. Somanath assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Space Commission. Shri. Somanath assumed charge after a stint of four years as the Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananathapuram.
Aug 24, 2023 · Somanath led a team of ISRO scientists to successfully execute the soft-landing of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander, making India the fourth country to achieve a lunar surface touchdown after the US, Russia and China.
Jul 19, 2024 · Somanath’s thesis is titled ‘Vibration response studies on modified hyper elastic material models for application aerospace systems’ and he was handed over the degree by IIT-M director Prof ...
Jan 12, 2022 · S Somanath was Wednesday appointed the tenth chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He will assume the charge as the Secretary of the Department of Space and the Chairman, Space Commission, upon the superannuation of K Sivan later this week. Sivan has been on a year’s extension since January last year.
Jan 15, 2022 · The new chairman is taking over ISRO at a time when the Central government is pushing for sweeping reforms in the space sector. He grew up in an era when, kindling the imagination of an entire ...
