Rocket expert K. Sivan new Space Secretary

Why it is in news?

Dr. Sivan will take over from A.S.Kiran Kumar as the ninth head of the country’s Space establishment. Mr. Kiran Kumar ends his term on January 14.

Details

• Rocket scientist K. Sivan, currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, is to be the next Secretary of the Department of Space, and Chairman of the Space Commission and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with a term of three years.
• His name was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet based on the recommendation of the SCSC, according to an order issued on Wednesday by the ACC Secretary under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
• A graduate in aeronautical engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, ME from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and doctorate in aerospace engineering from IIT Bombay, Dr. Sivan became Director of VSSC in June 2015.
• He joined ISRO in 1982 in the then young PSLV project and has been project director of the GSLV rocket.

Source

The Hindu