Dr. V Narayanan is going to become the new chairperson of ISRO i.e. Indian Space Research Organization. From January 14, he will replace the current ISRO Chief S Somnath.
Narayanan will remain in this post for 2 years and is currently the Director of Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC) located at Valiyamala. He has 40 years of experience. He is an expert in rocket and spacecraft operations.
Dreamed of going to Venus, studied without electricity till 9th
V Narayanan was born in Melakattuvilai village in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. His father C. Vanniaperumal was a poor farmer and his mother S. Thangammal used to take care of the house.
Apart from his parents, he had three brothers and two sisters in his family. All these brothers and sisters studied in the neighboring Tamil medium school. Narayanan studied without electricity till 8th class. He got electricity connection in his house for the first time in 9th class and perhaps as a result of this, he topped the entire school in 10th class.
Studied from IIT Kharagpur
After graduation, Narayanan worked for one and a half years in TI Diamond Chain Limited, Madras Rubber Factory, BHEL, Trichy & BHEL and Ranipet. He joined ISRO in 1984.
Narayanan did his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur in 1989. During this time, Cryogenic Engineering was his subject and he also secured first rank. After this, he did PhD in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2001.
He Kavitharaj N. Of. He is married to and has two children. They have a son- Kalesh and a daughter- Divya.
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