Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan conferred with the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award by the Tamil Nadu government. Kailas Sivan led ISRO’s successful launch of Chandrayaan-2 mission. Mr Sivan’s leadership led to the historical achievement of most successful GSLV flight with indigenous cryogenic stage.
ISRO successfully launched Chandrayaan 2, the second mission to the moon on July 22 and he was the chief architect of SITARA, a 6D trajectory simulation software. He worked on the design and development of launch vehicles for ISRO and has contributed immensely towards end to end mission planning, design, and mission integration and analysis. He was a recipient of several awards including Dr Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1999.
Mr Kailas Sivan received the award at the Independence Day celebrations at Fort St George in Chennai.The Kalam’s birthday (October 15) were observed as “Youth Renaissance Day. The first Dr APJ Abdul Kalam award was presented in 2015 to ISRO scientist N Valarmathi and it is given on Independence Day every year.