Bengaluru: S Somandangath on Friday assumes costs as a secretary, the Department of Space and Chair, the Space Commission.
Before this, he had a four-year assignment as a Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), Thiruvananathapuram.
Previously, he also served as Director of the Liquid (LPSC) Propulsion System Center, Valiamala, for two and a half years, the statement of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) noted.
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Mechanical Engineering Techniques from the TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Masters at the Aerospace Engineering from the India Institute of Science, Bengaluru, which specializes in structure, dynamics, and control with gold medals, he said.
He joined the VSSC in 1985 and was a team leader for PSLV integration during the initial phase.
Somandangh is an expert in the field of engineering the launch vehicle system.
“His contribution in the PSLV and GSLV MKIII is in their overall architecture, the design of the propulsion stage, structural and structural dynamics design, the separation system, vehicle integration, and the development of the integration procedure”, said statement “.
He is a ‘gold medal space’ receiver from astronautical Society of India (ASI).
He also received the ‘Merit Award “and’ performance advantage award ‘from ISRO and’ Team Excellence award ‘for the development of the MK-III GSLV.
Somandangh is a fellow Indian National Engineering Academy (INAE), a fellow Aeronautical Society of India (Aesia), ASI, and the appropriate member of the Astronautics International Academy (IAA).
He was at the International Astronautics Federation Bureau (IAF) and the recipient of the National Aeronautics Prize from ASI, it was stated.
Somandangh has published papers in journals & seminars in structural dynamics and controls, dynamic analysis of separation mechanisms, vibration & acoustic testing, launching vehicle design, and launching service management, the statement was added.