Chief Of ISRO

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Aluru Seelin Kiran Kumar is an Indian space scientist and the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation having assumed office on 14 January 2015


About Education :
He graduated in Physics (Honours). In 1971, from the National College of Bangalore University.

His further studies were at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from where he passed MTech in Physical Engineering, in 1975.

Academic Contribution “

Kumar has attended many seminars and conferences where he has delivered lectures and keynote addresses.He has also published several articles[in peer reviewed international journals, ResearchGate has listed of his articles.

Scientific Contribution

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

Kumar is credited with the design and development of the electro-optical image sensors used in India's first remote sensing satellite, Bhaskara, launched in 1979


Awards And Achievements
Kiran Kumar has received many awards and honors, starting with the Indian Society of Remote Sensing Award in 1994.

Four years later, in 1998, he received the Vasvik award, followed by the Astronautical Society of India Award in 2001

The Indian Space Research Organization honoured Kumar with the Individual Service award in 2006