Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and other political leaders on Wednesday greeted rocket scientist V Narayanan for being appointed as Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman,

"My father was a farmer, and my mother a homemaker. My father lost his father when he was just five years old, which changed his life at a very young age. My father is my role model. He ensured that all of us had a good education,

The Centre appointed V Narayanan as the new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space on January 08. V Narayanan will assume office on January 14.

Modi government has appointed V Narayanan as the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. He will take over the office from S Somanath on January 14,

Distinguished scientist V Narayanan takes over as ISRO Chairman, with numerous accolades and a strong academic background.

Rocket scientist V Narayanan will head the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), succeeding S Somanath who will complete his tenure next week. Narayanan, who currently heads the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at ISRO will be the director of India's space agency for a term of two years starting January 14,