Question : Who has recently(January 2022) been appointed as the new chairman for India’s space agency ?
a. S Somanath
b. Mali Arun
c. C Carlos
d. Raman Dhami
Ans. a.
- S Somanath has recently(January 2022) been appointed as the new chairman for India’s space agency.
- Somanath, a rocket scientist will replace K Sivan, who led the push to get private firms into India’s space sector during his four-year term.
- He is currently director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), India’s rocket development lab in Trivandrum.
- He led the development of country’s most powerful rocket GSLV Mk-3, which will be used for the country’s human space mission. He also worked on the workhorse PSLV rocket.
By – Pankaj Pandey