K Sivan to take over as Isro chief

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director, Dr K Sivan, is set to take charge as the new chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on January 12.
“It’s a huge responsibility; I’ll be occupying a position that so many eminent people have held,” Sivan told TOI. During his career at Isro, he has held many responsibilities, including group director of mission stimulation and synthesis group and project director of reusable launch vehicle — technology demonstrator.
A graduate in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute of Technology in 1980, Sivan took his ME in aerospace engineering from IISc, Bengaluru, in 1982.He completed his PhD in aerospace engineering from IIT-Bombay in 2006.