IIT-Madras Recognises Graduates Who Participated In The Chandrayaan-3 Mission
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On Sunday, the campus hosted the event 'Over the Moon with Team Chandrayaan-3'. IIT Madras students, as well as those from other government institutions and colleges, engaged with ISRO's top scientists and engineers.
S Unnikrishnan Nair, one of those celebrated, earned his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Department of IIT Madras in 2011 and currently serves as the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), an ISRO facility. Chandrayaan-3's project director, P Veeramuthuvel, graduated with a PhD in mechanical engineering in 2016. IIT-M reported that S Somanath, the chairman of ISRO, is currently enrolled in IIT Madras' Department of Mechanical Engineering's PhD programme.
ISRO scientists |
Posts |
S Unnikrishnan Nair |
Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) |
P Veeramuthuvel |
Project Director of Chandrayaan-3 |
Abdul Hameed |
Scientist/Engineer at UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) |
P Arun Kumar |
Deputy director of Earth Storable Engines and Stages (ESES) |
John Tharakan |
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) |
Rajeev Senan C |
Division head, Monopropellant Systems & Components Division, LPSC |
HM Raghavendra Prasad |
Head, Mechanism Assembly Section, Spacecraft Mechanisms Group, URSC |
Shamrao |
Scientist at URSC |
S Mathavaraj |
Scientist at URSC |
Sakthivel M |
Scientist/Engineer, Mechanism and Development Division, Spacecraft Mechanisms Group, URSC |
R Karthik |
Scientist at LPSC |
BS Phani Dinakar |
Scientist at URSC |
- IIT-Madras Recognises Graduates Who Participated In The Chandrayaan-3 Mission
- 'Over the Moon with Team Chandrayaan-3'
- ISRO's top scientists and engineers
- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)