Lalit Shastri The seniority of two distinguished ISRO scientists has been bypassed to appoint P. Kunhikrishnan as a Member of the Space Commission. Kunnikrishnan is Director UR Rao Satellite center. Chandrayaan-2 was made there. Kunhikrishnan’s appointment order was issued this… Read More ›
Lalit Shastri An official ISRO communiqué, based on a press meet addressed by the chairman of the organisation K Sivan and released by ISRO on Wednesday 1 January, sums up the achievements of India’s Apex Space research organisation during the… Read More ›
Lalit Shastri A Government of India press statement with the title “Year End Review: Department of Space”, issued on Monday 30 December, puts the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the dock as it is absolutely silent about Lander Vikram… Read More ›
Lalit Shastri ISRO remained in news during the later part of 2019 more due to deficit of ISRO leadership and its credibility than the failure to soft-land Lander Vikram on Moon. ISRO has an endless list of achievements that the… Read More ›
Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the promotion of S Somnath, who is a Distinguished Scientist with ISRO and Director Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram to the Apex Scale equivalent to the post… Read More ›
Dinesh C Sharma New Delhi: Chandryaan-2 may have dominated popular imagination during 2019 despite the lander Vikram failing to soft land on the lunar surface, but the year was marked by several significant developments by Indian scientists in fields ranging… Read More ›
Lalit Shastri We have a situation where a top post was degraded and instead of a senior officer at the Additional Secretary level holding fort as Financial Advisor in DoS and ISRO, an officer at the Joint Secretary level was… Read More ›
Newsroom24x7 Network Sriharikota: Thousands of visitors witnessed the launch of PSLV-C48 live from the Viewers gallery at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, here on Wednesday 11 December 2019. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its fiftieth flight (PSLV-C48), successfully launched RISAT-2BR1,… Read More ›
