K Sivan
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Rocket scientist S Somanath to take over new ISRO chairman, succeeding K Sivan
Science | January 19, 2022 16:48 ISTSomanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector.
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Back in India, 4 astronauts to stay on busy training schedule
Science | April 03, 2021 7:50 ISTThe four Indian astronauts returned to India last month after completing their training in Russia and will undergo different kinds of training in Chennai, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Sivan said.
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Chandrayaan-3 launch delayed further to 2022
Science | February 21, 2021 15:44 ISTChandrayaan-3, India's third mission to Moon, is likely to be launched in 2022, ISRO chief K Sivan has said.
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ISRO Chief inaugurates satellite developed by Coimbatore college students
News | January 30, 2021 11:09 ISTISRO Chief K Sivan inaugurated a private satellite, developed by a group of 12 students of Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology at the cost of Rs 2.5 crore. The academic satellite will be launched on February 28 from Sriharikota Range by PSLV C-15. This is the first time that a satellite developed by a private institute. The satellite will study Internet of Things (IoT) among other subjects.
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ISRO developing green propulsion for human space mission: K Sivan
Science | December 26, 2020 18:14 ISTIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on Saturday said the space agency was developing 'green propulsion' for its ambitious human space flight mission, 'Gaganyaan'.
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India's human space flight may face slight delay: ISRO chief
Science | October 13, 2020 7:52 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day speech on August 15, 2018, had said when the nation is celebrating 75th year of Independence in 2022, an Indian son or daughter will be flying into space under the Gaganyaan mission.
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Space policy, Space Activities Bill in final stages: ISRO chairman
India | July 05, 2020 19:50 ISTA dedicated policy for space and legislation on space activities has been under works for some time now. But with the government allowing the private sector, these have now got traction.
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Start-ups showing interest in space, big cos yet to come: ISRO chief
Science | June 27, 2020 23:11 ISTThe land acquisition for India's second rocket launch centre at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin is progressing and further work will progress after this is done, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan said on Saturday.
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Govt opens Space sector for Private players, can build rockets, satellites: ISRO chief
India | June 25, 2020 12:26 ISTISRO Chief K Sivan on Thursday announced new ways in which the private sector will be able to work in the space industry to explore more. The space organisation said the private sector will be allowed to carry out space activities like building of rockets, satellites and providing launch services.
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India's second spaceport to be in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukdi: ISRO
India | January 03, 2020 13:20 ISTIndia's second spaceport for launching small satellites would be located in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, ISRO chief K. Sivan said on Wednesday.
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2020 will be the year of Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan: ISRO chief K Sivan
Science | January 01, 2020 13:30 ISTIndian Space Research Organisation chief K Sivan on Wednesday announced that India’s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 is on and has been approved by the government.
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PSLV strikes gold, touches 50th mission milestone: ISRO
India | December 11, 2019 18:21 IST"I am extremely happy to declare the 50th PSLV vehicle, C48 successfully injected RISAT-2BR1 and nine customer satellites precisely into the 576 km orbit," ISRO chairman K Sivan said.
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Definitely, ISRO chief on Vikram lander's second landing
Science | November 02, 2019 13:22 ISTReplying to media's query if that if the ISRO would attempt another landing on Moon's south pole, Sivan replied, "Definitely". "We want to demonstrate the technology for Vikram lander landing, We are working on plan of action how to go ahead for Vikram Lander landing," the ISRO Chief informed media, who was in national capital to attend IIT-Delhi 50th convocation ceremony
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ISRO chief hints at Vikram lander's second landing
Science | November 02, 2019 13:15 ISTReplying to media's query if that if the ISRO would attempt another landing on Moon's south pole, Sivan replied, "Definitely".
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DHRUV learning programme to be launched from ISRO Headquarter
Education | October 09, 2019 20:53 ISTISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan, Wing Cdr Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to enter space and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Prof K Vijay Raghavan will be the guests of honour at the launch of the programme.
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ISRO chief K Sivan gets heroic welcome on flight | Watch video
India | October 05, 2019 20:25 ISTAs Sivan boarded into the flight, he got a round of applause from other passengers. He received a star-like welcome from his fellow passengers. The cabin crew rushed at him to click selfies.
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ISRO chief K Sivan given hero's reception onboard a flight
Trending | October 05, 2019 18:22 ISTISRO chief K Sivan was recently accorded a warm round of applause by his co-passengers when he took an IndiGo flight.
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ISRO to send Indian astronaut in its own rocket by 2021: Sivan
Science | September 22, 2019 11:14 ISTWhile addressing the eighth convocation of IIT, Bhubaneswar, K Sivan said that the plan to make a soft landing on the lunar surface by Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module did not go as per script but it will not have any bearing with on ISRO's Gaganyaan mission.
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Lander Vikram was just 335 metres away from moon when it lost contact
September 11, 2019 11:08 ISTIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday found the location of Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander, which had lost contact with the space agency from the Moon’s surface due to hard landing. However, in a major breakthrough, the data frozen on the big screens at the Mission Operations Complex at ISRO's Telemetry Tracking and Command Centre suggest a failure in the “fine braking phase” in the final part of Vikram’s journey (an altitude of 5 km to 400 m).
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FAKE ALERT: Don't follow K Sivan on Twitter, ISRO clarifies 'Chairman not on social media'
India | September 09, 2019 16:05 ISTISRO Chairman K Sivan has no personal accounts on social media platforms, the Indian Space Research Organisation clarified on Monday. The Indian Space agency's clarification came after several fake social media accounts operating with K Sivan's name emerged in large numbers, more so after the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Several social media users were seen following these fake accounts including on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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