DR V. NARAYANAN TAKES OVER AS CHARGE OF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE; CHAIRMAN, SPACE COMMISSION AND CHAIRMAN ISRO

Dr V. Narayanan assumed the charge of Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission and Chairman, ISRO on the afternoon of January 13, 2025.

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Prior to this, he served as Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), one of the major centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with its headquarters at Valiamala in Thiruvananthapuram and a unit at Bangalore. As Director, he provided techno-managerial leadership to LPSC, which is engaged in the development of Liquid, Semi-Cryogenic and Cryogenic Propulsion Stages for Launch Vehicles, Chemical and Electric Propulsion Systems for Satellites, Control Systems for Launch Vehicles and Transducer development for propulsion system health monitoring. ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) located at Mahendragiri (Tamil Nadu) is a unit of ISRO responsible for Assembly, Integration and testing of Liquid Propulsion systems. As Chairman of the LPSC-IPRC Coordination Committee, he was responsible for reviewing and executing the activities.

Dr V. Narayanan as the Chairman of Project Management CouncilSpace Transportation System (PMC-STS), the decision-making body in all Launch Vehicle projects & programs, guided the operational and development activities of launch vehicle of ISRO. He was also the Chairman of the National Level Human Rated Certification Board (HRCB) of Gaganyaan programme.