List of chairmen of the Indian Space Research Organisation

The Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the highest-ranked official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the space agency of the India. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairperson. The Indian Space Research Organisation in its modern form was created by Vikram Sarabhai in 1969.[1] Since then there have been eight chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, with Prof. Satish Dhawan serving the longest term of 12 years as the Chairman.

Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Incumbent
Kailasavadivoo Sivan
since 15 January 2018
Inaugural holderVikram Sarabhai
Formation1963
WebsiteChairman ISRO, Secretary DOS

List
S. No. Portrait Name Term Ref(s)
Start End Term length
1 Vikram Sarabhai

(12-Aug-1919 to

30-Dec-1971)

 1963 1972 9 years [2]
2 M. G. K. Menon

(28-Aug-1928 to

22-Nov-2016)

 January 1972 September 1972 9 months [3]
3 Satish Dhawan

(25-Sep-1920 to

3-Jan-2002)

 1972 1984 12 years [4]
4 U. R. Rao

(10-Mar-1932 to

24-Jul-2017)

 1984 1994 10 years [5]
5 K. Kasturirangan

(24-Oct-1940 --)

 1994 27 August 2003 9 years [6]
6 G. Madhavan Nair

(31-Oct-1943 --)

 September 2003 29 October 2009 6 years [7]
7 K. Radhakrishnan

(29-Aug-1949 --)

 30 October 2009 31 December 2014 5 years, 62 days [8]
8 Shailesh Nayak

(21-Aug-1953 --)

 1 January 2015 12 January 2015 11 days [9]
9 A. S. Kiran Kumar

(22-Oct-1952 --)

 14 January 2015 14 January 2018 3 years, 0 days [10]
10 K. Sivan

(14-Apr-1957 --)

 15 January 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 163 days [11]

See also

References
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  9. Shailesh Nayak appointed as new ISRO chairman, Radhakrishnan retires
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