Kalpana Kalahasti who was the deputy project director for the Chandrayaan-3 mission was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and graduated from IIT-Kharagpur with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
ISRO's moon mission Chandrayaan 3, on August 23, successfully landed on the South pole of the moon. Since August 23, ISRO has confirmed the presence of sulfur and other elements like Al, Ca, Fe, Cr, Ti, Mn, Si, and O on the south pole of the Moon. The Vikram lander also conducted measurements of the near-surface lunar plasma environment over the south-polar region.
Today, we will tell you all about the team behind this successful mission and their educational qualifications.
S Somanath
S Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairperson, Space Commission completed his BTech from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He specialised in Structures, Dynamics, and Control with a gold medal.
M Sankaran
M Sankaran, the Director of UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) has a Master’s degree in Physics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. After this, he joined the ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) now known as URSC.
Dr V Narayanan
Dr V Narayanan is the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). He is a rocket propulsion expert who joined ISRO in 1984. Dr V Narayanan is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and has an MTech in Cryogenic Engineering with first rank in 1989. He also has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and is the recipient of a silver medal from IIT Kharagpur for first rank in MTech and a gold medal from the Astronautical Society of India. He has also been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Cause) from Sathyabama University, Chennai.
Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair
Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair is the Director at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair has a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Kerala University, an ME in Aerospace Engineering from IISc Bangalore, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras. He also holds an MA in Telecommunications and Space Law from NALSAR.
P Veeramuthuvel
P Veeramuthuvel is the Project Director of Chandrayaan 3. P Veeramuthuvel completed schooling at the railway school in Villupuram and completed his diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a private polytechnic college. P Veeramuthuvel completed his undergraduate at a private college in Chennai and post-graduation at another engineering college. He holds a PhD from IIT Madras.
Kalpana Kalahasti
Kalpana Kalahasti who was the deputy project director for the Chandrayaan-3 mission was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and graduated from IIT-Kharagpur with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. She pursued a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication at Madras University.
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