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{{Infobox scientist
|name = Aluru Seelin Kiran Kumar
|image = askiran.jpg
|caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Alur, Hassan|Alur]], [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan district]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]), [[India]]
|residence =
|nationality = Indian
|education = {{Plainlist|
*[[BSc]]
*[[MSc]]
*[[MTech]]}}
|alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]], [[Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]]
|field = [[Space research]] and [[Electro-optics]]
|work_institution = [[Space Applications Centre]]
|known_for = 9th [[chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation]]
|doctoral_advisor =
|doctoral_students =
|prizes = [[Padma Shri]]
|footnotes =
}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| title = [[Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation|Chairman]], [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]
| term_start = 14 January 2015
| term_end = 14 January 2018
| predecessor = [[Shailesh Nayak]]
| successor = [[K. Sivan]]
}}

'''Aluru Seelin Kiran Kumar''' (born 22 Oct 1952) is an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]], having assumed office on 14 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isro.gov.in/update/14-jan-2015/s-kiran-kumar-takes-over-secretary-department-of-space-chairman-space-commission|title=A S Kiran Kumar takes over as Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission and Chairman, ISRO - ISRO|website=www.isro.gov.in|access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref> He is credited with the development of key scientific instruments aboard the [[Chandrayaan-1]] and [[Mangalyaan]] space crafts.<ref name="Canara News">{{cite web | url=http://canaranews.com/news/india/SUPERMOM-But-we-wont-forget-the-fathers/ | title=Canara News | publisher=Canara News | date=25 September 2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="INCN">{{cite web | url=http://www.incnpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/A-Tribute-January-2014.pdf | title=INCN | publisher=INCN | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031121619/http://www.incnpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/A-Tribute-January-2014.pdf | archive-date=31 October 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Space Application Centre">{{cite web | url=http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/Director_biodata_new.html | title=Space Application Centre | publisher=Space Application Centre | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093317/http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/Director_biodata_new.html | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="SAC Appointment">{{cite web | url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/GUJ-AHD-kiran-kumar-is-director-of-space-applications-centre-3053151.html | title=SAC Appointment | publisher=Daily Bhaskar | date=3 April 2012 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology.<ref name="Padma 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma 2014 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=8 February 2014 }}</ref> Kiran Kumar previously served as Director of Ahmedabad [[Space Applications Centre]].<ref>[http://www.msruas.ac.in/pdf_files/lectures/A%20S%20Kiran%20Kumar.pdf Biography and Achievements]</ref>
[[File:Narayan Ramdas Iyer with A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman ISRO.jpg|thumb|Narayan Ramdas Iyer, Head of the Raman Science Centre and Planetarium, Nagpur discussing commucating science to students and how the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) can help in the venture with A.S.Kiran Kumar, Chairman ISRO.]]

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=21em|''Space Applications Centre lists Kiran Kumar's achievements as:''<ref name="Space Application Centre" />
* Development of III tier imaging for satellites such as IRS-1C and Resourcesat-1
* Development of Ocean Colour instruments for PFZ forecast
* Development of stereo imaging system for [[Cartosat-1]]
* Development of sub-meter resolution optical imaging for [[Cartosat-2]]
* Development of 2-channel and 3-channel VHRR meteorological payloads
* Development of third generation Imagers and sounders
* Development of Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyper Spectral Imager for [[Chandrayaan-2]]}}
[[File:Chandrayaan-1.svg|240px|thumb|Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft - Artist's concept]]
[[File:Mars Orbiter Mission - India - ArtistsConcept.jpg|240px|thumb|Mars Orbiter Mission - India - Artist's concept]]
Kiran Kumar Aluru Seelin was born in a Hindu family in [[Hassan District]] in 1952,<ref name="ASI India">{{cite web | url=http://asindia.org/kiran.aspx | title=ASI India | publisher=ASI India | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031123539/http://asindia.org/kiran.aspx | archive-date=31 October 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. He graduated in Physics (Honours). In 1971, from the National College of [[Bangalore University]].<ref name="INCN" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering">{{cite web | url=http://www.nae.edu/File.aspx?id=18270 | title=National Academy of Engineering | publisher=National Academy of Engineering | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> This was followed by a degree of MSc in Electronics from the same university, in 1973.<ref name="ASI India" /> His further studies were at the [[Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]] from where he passed MTech in Physical Engineering, in 1975.<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="lectures" /><ref name="Dharmesh">{{cite web | url=https://patadiyadharmesh.wordpress.com/category/awards/ | title=Dharmesh | publisher=Dharmesh | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref>

Kiran Kumar started his career, joining [[Space Applications Centre]], Ahmedabad, in 1975,<ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /> working on ''Space borne Electro -optical imaging instruments''.<ref name="ASI India" /> He has remained at the institution ever since and is the Director of the Electro-optical Systems Group since April 2012.<ref name="SAC Appointment" /><ref name="ASI India" /><ref name="lectures" /> He also served as the chairman of ISRO from Jan 2015 to Jan 2018. He has represented Indian Space Research Organization at many international forums such as the [[World Meteorological Organisation]] and Indo-US Joint Working Group on Civil Space Cooperation and holds the Chair of the ISRO at the [[Committee on Earth Observation Satellites]] (CEO).<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" />

==Legacy==
Kiran Kumar's legacy spans across his contributions to the scientific world, specifically Indian space endeavors, and his efforts towards the dissemination of knowledge by way of articles and lectures.

===Scientific contributions===
Kiran Kumar is known to have made contributions to the Indian space programmes, from the early projects like Bhaskara TV payload till the later programmes such as [[Chandrayaan-1]] and [[Mangalyaan]].<ref name="Canara News" /><ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="SAC Appointment" /> Kumar is credited with the design and development of the electro-optical image sensors<ref name="SAC Appointment" /> used in India's first remote sensing satellite, Bhaskara, launched in 1979<ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /> and the subsequent one in 1981,<ref name="Canara News" /> as well as the ocean colour instruments used in weather forecasting, sea zone/landscape mapping and telecommunications.<ref name="Canara News" /><ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="SAC Appointment" /><ref name="ASI India" />

He is also reported to have contributed to the design and development of the imaging instruments for projects such as ''INSAT–3D'', ''Resourcesat'', ''Micro Satellite'' and [[Cartosat]].<ref name="National Academy of Engineering" />
<ref name="News Hunt 2">{{cite web | url=http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/desh-gujarat/gujarat/sac-isro-director-as-kiran-kumar-on-indian-space-technology--present-and-futurevideo_32708135/997/c-in-l-english-n-desh-ncat-Gujarat | title=News Hunt 2 | publisher=News Hunt | date=10 October 2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> The Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyperspectral Imager payloads of [[Chandrayaan-1]] project is also credited to the efforts of Kiran Kumar.<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="SAC Appointment" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /> It was the group led by Kumar which developed three of the five scientific instruments

===Academic contributions===
Kumar has attended many seminars and conferences where he has delivered lectures and keynote addresses.<ref name="lectures">{{cite web | url=http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/desh-gujarat/gujarat/sac-isro-director-as-kiran-kumar-on-indian-space-technology--present-and-futurevideo_32708135/c-in-l-english-n-desh-ncat-Gujarat | title=lectures | publisher=News Hunt | date=10 October 2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> He has also published several articles<ref name="DETECTION OF OH/H2O ON THE CENTRAL PEAK OF JACKSON CRATER FROM MOON MINERALOGICAL MAPPER (M3) DATA ONBOARD CHANDRAYAAN-1">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261133496 | title=DETECTION OF OH/H2O ON THE CENTRAL PEAK OF JACKSON CRATER FROM MOON MINERALOGICAL MAPPER (M3) DATA ONBOARD CHANDRAYAAN-1 | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Prakash Chauhan | author2=Prabhjot Kaur | author3=Satadru Bhattacharya| author4=Aditya K. Dagar | author5=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}</ref><ref name="Cross Calibration of the OceanSAT -2 Scatterometer With QuikSCAT Scatterometer Using Natural Terrestrial Targets">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262993768 | title=Cross Calibration of the OceanSAT -2 Scatterometer With QuikSCAT Scatterometer Using Natural Terrestrial Targets | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Suchandra Bhowmick | author2=Raj Kumar | author3=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}</ref><ref name="Morphometric, rheological and compositional analysis of an effusive lunar dome using high resolution remote sensing data sets: A case study from Marius hills region">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267456318 | title=Morphometric, rheological and compositional analysis of an effusive lunar dome using high resolution remote sensing data sets: A case study from Marius hills region | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=A. S. Arya | author2= Phani Rajasekhar Rudravaram | author3=Amitabh Singh | author4=Barla Gopala Krishna | author5=Ajai Prof | author6=kiran kumar alur Seelin}}</ref> in peer reviewed international journals, [[ResearchGate]] has listed 41 of his articles.<ref name="Research Gate">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiran_Kumar_Seelin | title=Research Gate | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref>

* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261133496 | title=DETECTION OF OH/H2O ON THE CENTRAL PEAK OF JACKSON CRATER FROM MOON MINERALOGICAL MAPPER (M3) DATA ONBOARD CHANDRAYAAN-1 | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Prakash Chauhan | author2=Prabhjot Kaur | author3=Satadru Bhattacharya| author4=Aditya K. Dagar | author5=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262993768 | title=Cross Calibration of the OceanSAT -2 Scatterometer With QuikSCAT Scatterometer Using Natural Terrestrial Targets | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Suchandra Bhowmick | author2=Raj Kumar | author3=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267456318 | title=Morphometric, rheological and compositional analysis of an effusive lunar dome using high resolution remote sensing data sets: A case study from Marius hills region | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=A. S. Arya | author2= Phani Rajasekhar Rudravaram | author3=Amitabh Singh | author4=Barla Gopala Krishna | author5=Ajai Prof | author6=kiran kumar alur Seelin}}

==Awards and recognitions==
{{quotebox|align = right|width=21em|''The level of precision that is required for such a mission demanded extremely sensitive accelerometers — far superior in quality over the ones we’ve used in earlier space missions,'' says Dr. Kiran Kumar about [[India's Mars Mission]]<ref name="Mars Mission">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140925/jsp/nation/story_18870723.jsp#.VFMxBMtxnwo | title=Mars Mission | publisher=Telegraph India | date=25 September 2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref>}}
*Kiran Kumar has received many awards and honors, starting with the Indian Society of Remote Sensing Award in 1994.<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="ASI India" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" /> Four years later, in 1998, he received the Vasvik award,<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="ASI India" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" /> followed by the Astronautical Society of India Award in 2001.<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="ASI India" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" /> The [[Indian Space Research Organization]] honoured Kumar with the Individual Service award in 2006<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" /> and the Bhaskara Award of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing came his way in 2007.<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /><ref name="News Hunt 2" /><ref name="Indian Society of Remote Sensing">{{cite web | url=http://www.isrsindia.in/old_awards.php | title=Indian Society of Remote Sensing | publisher=Indian Society of Remote Sensing | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}</ref> The next year, 2008, saw Kumar getting the Team Achievement Award 2008 of [[International Academy of Astronautics]]<ref name="News Hunt 2" /> and the ISRO Performance Award from the [[Indian Space Research Organization]].<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" />

* Kiran Kumar has been conferred with the fellowship by the National Academy of Engineers and is a corresponding member of the [[International Academy of Astronautics]].<ref name="Space Application Centre" /><ref name="National Academy of Engineering" /> The [[Government of India]] honored Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin with the [[Padma Shri]] by including him in the 2014 [[Republic Day of India|Republic Day]] Honours.<ref name="Padma 2014" /> Kiran Kumar was awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree from [[GITAM University]] on 24 March 2015.
*He is the Chairman of Bangalore Association for Science Education (BASE) which administers the premier institute [[Nehru Planetarium|Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium]], Bengaluru.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://taralaya.org/governing-council.html|title=Governing Council {{!}} Taralaya|website=taralaya.org|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>

* In 2017 he was awarded the Vijnan Ratna [[H K Firodia awards|H K Firodia award]] for his direction of the Indian space programme in such areas as earth observations, communication, navigation and developed indigenous launch vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hkfirodiaawards.org/current.html|title=H. K. Firodia Awards 2017|publisher=H. K. Firodia Memorial Foundation|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064723/http://hkfirodiaawards.org/current.html|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* In 2019 France's highest civilian award - ''Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Lgion d'Honneur'' - for his contribution to India-France space cooperation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/india/ex-isro-chairman-as-kiran-kumar-awarded-frances-highest-civilian-honour-2126127.html|title=Ex-ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar Awarded France's Highest Civilian Honour|work=news18|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
* Shri A.S. Kiran Kumar is the President-Elect of The Aeronautical Society of India.

==See also==
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* [[Space Applications Centre]]
* [[Mars Orbiter Mission]]
* [[Indian Space Research Organization]]
* [[Chandrayaan-1]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261133496 | title=DETECTION OF OH/H2O ON THE CENTRAL PEAK OF JACKSON CRATER FROM MOON MINERALOGICAL MAPPER (M3) DATA ONBOARD CHANDRAYAAN-1 | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Prakash Chauhan | author2=Prabhjot Kaur | author3=Satadru Bhattacharya| author4=Aditya K. Dagar | author5=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262993768 | title=Cross Calibration of the OceanSAT -2 Scatterometer With QuikSCAT Scatterometer Using Natural Terrestrial Targets | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=Suchandra Bhowmick | author2=Raj Kumar | author3=A. S. Kiran Kumar}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267456318 | title=Morphometric, rheological and compositional analysis of an effusive lunar dome using high resolution remote sensing data sets: A case study from Marius hills region | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014 | author=A. S. Arya | author2=R. P. Rajsekhar | author3=Amitabh, B. Gopalakrishna | author4=Ajai, A. S. Kiran Kumar}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiran_Kumar_Seelin | title=List of Articles on Research Gate | publisher=Research Gate | date=2014 | access-date=31 October 2014}}

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