Kiran Kumar is director of Space Applications Centre

AS Kiran Kumar, distinguished scientist and associate director, Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, assumed office as its Director after taking over the charge from RR Navalgund.

Kiran Kumar joined SAC/Isro in 1975. He has made immense contribution to the design and development of Electro-Optical Imaging Sensors for Airborne, Low Earth Orbit and Geostationary orbit satellites starting from Bhaskara TV payload to the latest Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyperspectral Imager payloads for Chandrayaan-1 mission, according to an Isro statement.

He has made very significant contributions to the task of evolving the observation strategy encompassing land, ocean, atmospheric and planetary studies, it said.