Koppillil Radhakrishnan

Dr. Koppillil Radhakrishnan (FNAE, FNASc) was Chairman of Space Commission, Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO from November 2009 to December 2014, providing strong and successful leadership to ‘Team ISRO’ to execute 37 space missions during this period, notably India’s first Mars Orbiter Mission from concept to fruition. A distinguished alumnus of IIM Bangalore and IIT Kharagpur, he was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2014. Presently, he is Member of Space Commission and National Security Advisory Board, Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Kanpur, IIT Ropar, the Standing Committee of the IIT Council, High Powered Committee on Indian Knowledge Systems, Oversight Committee of Science & Engineering Research Board and Expert Committee of SATHI-DST scheme.