Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation information
Indian government official
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
Logo of ISRO
Incumbent S. Somanath[1] since 15 January 2022
Appointer
Government of India
Term length
Not definite
Inaugural holder
Vikram Sarabhai
Formation
1963 (as chairman of INCOSPAR)
Salary
₹2.5 lakh (US$3,100) (Monthly basic)[2]
Website
Chairman ISRO, Secretary DOS
The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the statutory head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The officeholder is a secretary to the Government of India and an executive of the Department of Space (DOS) which directly reports to the prime minister of India.[3]
The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was founded in 1962 under the
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairperson which in 1969 became ISRO.[4] In 1972, government of India had set up a space commission and DOS and brought ISRO under DOS.[5]
Since Sarabhai has assumed the position, there have been eleven chairmen of the ISRO, with Satish Dhawan serving the longest term of 12 years as the chairman.
^"S Somanath appointed tenth chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation". The Indian Express. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission (PDF). The Gazette of India (Report). Department of Expenditure. November 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^"Space commission". Department of Space. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^"Mangalorean.Com- Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!". mangalorean.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^"Department of Space and ISRO HQ - ISRO". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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