{"id":231,"date":"2019-09-07T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T11:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=231"},"modified":"2019-09-07T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T11:44:44","slug":"the-farmers-son-who-reached-the-sky-k-sivan-the-isro-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"The farmer\u2019s son who reached the sky\u2026. K. Sivan, the ISRO Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\nentire nation expressed solidarity with the humble son of a farmer from\nSarakkalvilai village in Tamilnadu\u2019s Kanyakumari district, Kailasavadivoo Sivan\nand his team of scientists after Chandrayan-2\u2019s moon lander Vikram lost contact\nwith ground stations minutes before touchdown. K.Sivan as Indian Space Research\nOrganisation (ISRO) chairman is currently heading the Chandrayan-2 mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However\nK.Sivan\u2019s journey, from working barefoot on his father\u2019s farm to heading one of\nthe biggest space agencies in the world, has been inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K. Sivan, a space\nscientist from Tamil Nadu, is now Chairman of Indian Space Research\nOrganisation (ISRO). Taking over the reins from A.S. Kiran Kumar, Sivan becomes\nthe ninth head of the 50-year-old organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"233\" data-link=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?attachment_id=233\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi-86x64.jpg 86w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/K.-Shivan-and-Modi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Take a look at the\nlesser known facts and accomplishments of K. Sivan, the rocket scientist from\nTamil Nadu&nbsp;and now the ninth chairman of Indian Space Research\nOrganisation. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born to a farmer in Sarakkalvilai village of Kanyakumari,\nSivan completed his schooling in Tamil medium government schools. A self-made\nand hard-working person, he taught himself without any guidance from family or\nattending tutions; yet he became the first graduate in his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1980, Sivan completed\nhis bachelor\u2019s course in aeronautical engineering from Madras Institute of\nTechnology. After completing a master\u2019s course in aerospace engineering from\nIISC Bengaluru, he joined the ISRO in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In ISRO, Sivan was part\nof the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project where he contributed\nsignificantly to the planning, designing, integration, and analysis of the\nmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his career spanning\nover three decades, Sivan has worked in projects including GSLV, PSLV, and GSLV\nMkIII, and has been the project director of GSLV rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sivan completed his PhD\nfrom IIT Bombay in 2006 and also holds an honorary doctorate in science from\nSathyabama University, which he received in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"441\" src=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chandryaan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"234\" data-link=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?attachment_id=234\" class=\"wp-image-234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chandryaan.jpg 691w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chandryaan-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sivan is a Fellow of\nIndian National Academy of Engineering, Indian Systems Society for Science and\nEngineering, Aeronautical Society of India, and Systems Society of\nIndia.&nbsp;With his expertise in all areas pertaining to launching vehicles,\nhe published a book titled&nbsp;<em>Integrated Design for Space Transportation\nSystem&nbsp;<\/em>in the year 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his contribution to\nspace research, the rocket scientist has received many awards, including the\nShri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1999, ISRO\nMerit Award in 2007, and Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sivan was working as the\ndirector of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, before taking\ncharge as the Chairman of ISRO. Along with being the Chairman, he has also been\nappointed as the Secretary of Department of Space and Chairman of the Space\nCommission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2017, India\nset a world record by launching 104 satellites with a single flight of PSLV.\nSivan played a key role in setting that record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"873\" src=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/modi-and-shivan.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"235\" data-link=\"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?attachment_id=235\" class=\"wp-image-235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/modi-and-shivan.jpg 591w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/modi-and-shivan-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first year of his\nthree-year period of Chairmanship, two important missions for him will be the\nlaunch of Chandrayaan-II and the developmental flight of Geosynchronous\nSatellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MK3) in April. Apart from that, he will have to\nwork towards designing bigger launch vehicles and reducing the cost of\nsatellites.\n\nSivan\u2019s predecessor Alur\nSeelin Kiran Kumar worked in the satellite payload and applications domains in\nhis 40-year-long career in ISRO. With his expertise, Kiran made significant\ncontributions to the design and development of Electro-Optical Imaging Sensors\n(for Airborne, Geostationary Orbit and Low Earth Orbit satellites).\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entire nation expressed solidarity with the humble son of a farmer from Sarakkalvilai village in Tamilnadu\u2019s Kanyakumari district, Kailasavadivoo Sivan and his team of scientists after Chandrayan-2\u2019s moon lander Vikram lost contact with ground stations minutes before touchdown. K.Sivan as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman is currently heading the Chandrayan-2 mission. 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