Besides taking over as the ISRO chairman, V Narayanan will also take charge as the secretary of the department of space.

V. Narayanan, the new Isro chief and Space Secretary, will succeed the current Isro chairman, S. Somanath, assuming the office on January 14

Eminent rocket scientist and the newly appointed chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) V Narayanan on Wednesday said that the space agency is going through a successful phase and Chandrayaan-4 and Gaganyaan are among the prominent missions ahead.

Narayanan is a distinguished Scientist at the ISRO and has nearly four decades of experience. He has held various key positions within the Indian space organisation.

Narayanan, who presently serves as the Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), one of the the major Centers of the ISRO, is a distinguished scientist with close to four decades of exp