Bengaluru: SUMANTH senior rocket scientist has been appointed as the tenth chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Secretary, Department of Space (DOS).
He will replace K Sivan, who will complete his term, which includes a one-year extension, on January 14.
Somandang, who currently serves as Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), told TOI: “The most important responsibility is to create spacecraft companies in India where all stakeholders, including DOS, ISRO, space, industry and beginners are Part of an effort to expand the space program on a larger scale.
This is the main responsibility.
“Before becoming Director of VSSC, he had a second and half-year assignment as Director, Liquid Propulsion System Center (LPSC).
Among other things, somandingly credited with “energy development of semi-cryogenic engine high push, which program the realization of fast trajectory hardware and testing programs, throttlable engine development for Lander of Chandraya-2 and flights from a successful electrical propulsion system.
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“” Other objectives are aligning the entire space program with a vision that has been proposed by the government where DOS must truly become an enabler to cause expansion of space companies in India.
This will be done through laws, framework Work, and appropriate guidelines that must be applied, “said Somandat to Tii.
SomandaSh Get B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Masters at Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) with a gold medal, where it specializes in “structure, dynamics and control.
He joined VSC on In 1985 and was the team leader for PSLV integration during the initial phase.
As a PSLV project manager, he handled the field of mechanisms, pyro systems, integration and management of satellite launch services.
According to ISRO records, he joined the MKIII GSLV project during 2003 and was the deputy director The project is responsible for the overall design of vehicles, mission design, structural design and integration before becoming Director of the GSLV MK-III project from June 2010 to 2014.
Under his leadership, the first experimental flight from the treatment mission was successfully completed on December 18, 2014.
“He is An expert in the engineering field of the launch vehicle system.
The contribution in the PSLV and GSLV MKIII is in the entire architecture, the design of the phase of propulsion, structural and structural dynamics design, the separation system, vehicle integration and the development of integration procedures, “VSSC description of reading Somanaath …
He has also led the LPSC team to solve the development and CE20 CRYOGENIC MACHINE QUALIFICATIONS AND C25 Stage and successfully flown in GSLV MKIII-D1 flights.
“He also played a key role in the three GSLV successful missions with custom cryogenic stages and eleven PSLV successful missions with a liquid stage that was realized by LPSC.
Fifteen successful satellite missions are also carried out with a propulsion system supplied from LPSC, “the description rang.