Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organisation
No.
Portrait
Name (Lifespan)
Term
Ref(s)
Start
End
Term length
1
Vikram Sarabhai (–)
8 years
[5]
Founder of INCOSPAR and widely regraded as father of Indian space program.
his efforts led to creation of Indian Space Research Organisation.
2
M. G. K. Menon (–)
January
September
9 months
[6]
He was notable mostly for his work on cosmic rays and particle physics particularly on the high-energy inter-actions of elementary particles.
As kiran kumar isro chairman present
Isro
K. sivan
Dr k sivan
Isro founder
3
Satish Dhawan (–)
12 years
[7]
Satish Dhawan is known for his work on fluid dynamics and his tenure as longest serving chief of ISRO.
His era marked with India attaining orbital launch capability in for the first time and start of INSAT program which became base for further development of spacecraft technologies.