Lesser known accomplishments of Kailasavadivoo Sivan Kailasavadivoo Sivan, a 62-year-old rocket scientist from Tamil Nadu, became the chief of ISRO in January 2018 after taking over from AS Kiran Kumar.
Born to a farmer in Mela Sarakkalvilai village in Kanyakumari district, Sivan studied in a localgovernment school. Sivan graduated from Madras Institute of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering in 1980 and completed Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering from TISC, Bangalore in 1982. Subsequently, he completed his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from IIT, Bombay in 2006. He was the first graduate in the family and is a self-made man. Sivan joined ISRO in 1982. He has been a part of many projects including the Polar SatelliteLaunch Vehicle (PSLV) project. His contributions to the project were significant as he helped in the planning, designing, integration and analysis of the mission. During his 3-decade long career, Sivan has been a part of many prestigious missions including GSLV, PSLV,CSLV-MKIII apart from being a project director of GSLV rocket.Sivan has been awarded many times for his contributions in the field of space research including Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1999, ISRO Merit Award in 2007 and Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 2011, Apart from being the ISRO chairman, Sivan was also appointed as the Secretary ofDepartment of Space and Chair of the Space Commission.
During his tenure as ISRO chairman, he oversaw two key missions-Chandrayaan-2 and thedevelopmental flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKIII). Sivan, who is known for his contribution in the development of cryogenic engines, was earlier the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. Not many may have heard about him before the Chandrayaan-2 moon mission came under the spotlight. The Chandrayaan-2 mission, apart from the landing glitch, has been carried out perfectly and will help India collect heaps of data on the moon. Around 95 per cent of mission has been successfully carried out under Sivan's Leadership Chandrayaan-3: India's second attempt at soft landing on the Moon by November 2020 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced their intention to send a secondmission to soft-land on the Moon planned for November 2020 dubbed as Chandrayaan-3mission. ISRO is already designing Chandrayaan-3, which would only include a lander and arover because India already has a working orbiter at the moon-Chandrayaan-2.
We all proud because of him.No doubt he is a great ideal man of India.