Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 22 (PTI) Noted scientist SSomanath today took charge as Director of Vikram SarabhaiSpace Centre here.
He succeeds K Sivan, who was appointed as ISRO Chairmanrecently.
Somanath took charge at a function in ISRO headquartersBengaluru, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) sources saidhere.
He is currently the Director of Liquid Propulsion SystemsCentre at Valiamala here, the lead centre responsible forliquid engines and stages for all launch vehicles andsatellite programs of ISRO, the sources said.
He was the Associate Director (Projects) of VSSC andalso the Project Director of GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle.
Somanath joined ISRO in 1985 and was a team leader forIntegration of PSLV during its early development phase andduring the first flight of PSLV and the successful secondflight PSLV-D2, the sources said. PTI JRKRC.
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