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| Office | 9th Chairman of ISRO |
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| Office | 12th Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
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| Predecessor | A. S. Kiran Kumar |
| Successor | S. Somanath
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| Born | 1957-04-14 (age 69) |
| Born | Mela Sarakkalvilai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kailasavadivu Sivan (born 14 April 1957) is an Indian aerospace engineer who served as the secretary of the Department of Space and chairman of ISRO and Space Commission.[1][2] He has previously served as the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.[3]
Early life
Sivan was born in Sarakkalvilai, near Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state of India.[4] His parents are Kailasavadivu and mother Chellam.[5]
Education
Sivan is the son of a mango farmer and studied in a Tamil medium Government school in Mela Sarakkalvilai Village and later in Vallankumaranvilai, in Kanyakumari district. He is the first graduate from his family.[6] Later Sivan graduated with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute of Technology in 1980. He then got a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1982, and started working in ISRO.[7] He earned a doctoral degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2006. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Aeronautical Society of India and the Systems Society of India.[8] He was conferred Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from Sathyabama University, Chennai in April 2014.[9]
Career
Sivan worked on the design and development of launch vehicles for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[10] Sivan joined ISRO in 1982 to participate on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Project. Sivan played a major role in reviving the GSLV programme. The 6D trajectory simulation software SITARA was developed under the guidance of Sivan.[11] He was appointed the director of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre on 2 July 2014.[12] On 1 June 2015, he became the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.[13]
Sivan was appointed the chief of ISRO in January 2018 and he assumed office on 15 January.[14] Under his chairmanship, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2, the second mission to the Moon on 22 July 2019, of which Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover crashed; the orbiter was not affected and is still orbiting the Moon as of September 2023.[15]
On 30 December 2020, his chairmanship was extended by a year to January 2022.[16] His earlier tenure was up to January 2021.[17]
On 25 January 2021, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has registered a complaint against Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman and Secretary, Department of Space (DoS), K Sivan, over allegations of irregularities in recruiting his son in ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) in Valiamala, Thiruvananthapuram, by bypassing norms.[18]
Sivan has been appointed the chairman of the Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Indore. He will replace Deepak B P, whose term ended on 21 August 2023.[19]
Awards
- He got Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award, 2019.[20]
- IEEE Simon Ramo Medal, shared with Byrana N. Suresh, 2020.[21]
References
- ↑ Renowned scientist Sivan K named new ISRO chairman(10 January 2018). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ Sivan K named new ISRO chairman. The Economic Times(10 January 2018). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ Dr. Sivan takes over as LPSC director. The Hindu(2 July 2014). Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ↑ A humble farmer's son to Isro's 'Rocket Man': Incredible journey of K Sivan. The Times of India(7 September 2019).
- ↑ Fighting odds: Once mango trader now Isro chairman, Raman, A. Ragu. Deccan Chronicle(2018-01-12). Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ↑ K Sivan: A humble farmer's son's journey to Indian Space agency top job(11 January 2018).
- ↑ Chairman ISRO, Secretary DOS - ISRO(2019-08-17). Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ↑ From farmer's son to Isro chief: Lesser known accomplishments of K Sivan. India Today. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ↑ Who is K. Sivan?. Livemint(12 January 2018).
- ↑ ‘He’s like me, rose from poverty to the top’: Former ISRO chief K Sivan on new chairman V Narayanan. The Indian Express(2025-01-09). Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ↑ BRIEF BIO-DATA OF DR. K. SIVAN.
- ↑ New Directors at ISRO centres(2 July 2014). Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ New directors for major ISRO centres(January 24, 2018). Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ↑ K. Sivan takes charge as new ISRO chairman. The Hindu(16 January 2018).
- ↑ Chandrayaan-2: Success in India's second attempt at launching Moon mission.
- ↑ Isro chairman K Sivan gets one-year extension till January 2022, Narasimhan, TE. www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ↑ ISRO chief K Sivan gets extension till January 2022, ensures continuity in opening up space sector. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ↑ ISRO top brass pushed Sivan junior's recruitment: Plaint. The New Indian Express(13 February 2021). Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ Ex-ISRO chief Dr K Sivan is now chairman of IIT Indore's board of governors, Indore, Press Trust of India. Business Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ↑ ISRO Chairman Sivan gets A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award. The Hindu(2019-08-15).
- ↑ ISRO on Twitter: "Dr B N Suresh and Dr. K Sivan were awarded the prestigious IEEE 'Simon Ramo Medal' 2020 for their exemplary work in the field of systems engineering..
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