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Indian government selects new head of ISRO
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 10:43 AM ET (1543 GMT)
The Indian government has selected a new head of its space agency, ISRO. S. Somanath will take over as chairman of ISRO on Friday, succeeding K. Sivan, whose original three-year term in 2018 was extended by one year. Somanath is director of ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, which specializes in launch vehicle development. Somanath said a priority as ISRO chairman will be to continue reforms intended to help grow private sector space capabilities.
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