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G. Madhavan Nair (born 31 October 1943) is an Indian space scientist and a former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India. His tenure saw commencement of Indian Human Spaceflight Programme and launch of extraterrestrial exploration mission Chandrayaan-I .
Learn about the life and achievements of G. Madhavan Nair, the former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the architect of PSLV launcher. He has led several successful space missions, received many awards and honors, and contributed to the development of tele-education, telemedicine and disaster management in India.
Dr G Madhavan Nair was born on October 31,1943 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He graduated in Engineering from Kerala University in 1966 and underwent training at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Bombay. He joined Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1967.
In his role as the Director of VSSC from 1999 till he took over the present position, Dr G.Madhavan Nair led VSSC, the largest Centre of ISRO with about six thousand employees working in various engineering and scientific disciplines towards the development of India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - GSLV capable of orbiting 2000 kg ...
30 de ago. de 2021 · In this talk with TEDxSCAC’21, Dr. G Madhavan Nair talks about the importance of space travel and, its impact and influence on the greater evolution of mankind. He details his journey at the helm...
23 de ago. de 2023 · “Madhavan, what evidence are you going to show before the world that we reached the Moon?” APJ Abdul Kalam asked G Madhavan Nair, the chairman of Isro (2003-2009), prior to the launch of Chandrayaan-1 in 2008. “When we carried out missions to Everest and Antarctica, we placed our flag there.
In this second episode of The Long Conversation series with Dr G. Madhavan Nair, he talks to A. Vinod Kumar about the learning years of 1960s and 1970s for t...
