Shri AS Kiran Kumar appointed as new Secretary of the Department of Space,DOS and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation,ISRO and the Space Commission. Currently Director of the Space Applications Centre,SAC,Ahmedabad.
Kiran Kumar, is a Distinguished Scientist. He took over as Director, Space Applications Centre on March 31, 2012.
Kiran Kumar is the recipient of many laurels and awards like Indian Society of Remote Sensing Award for the year 1994, VASVIK award (Electronic Sciences and Technology) for the year 1998, Astronautical Society of India Award (Space Sciences and Applications) for the year 2001, ISRO Individual Service Award 2006, Bhaskara Award conferred by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing for the year 2007, Laurels for Team Achievement Award 2008 of the International Academy of Astronautics and ISRO Performance excellence Award 2008.
He is a fellow of the National Academy of Engineers and Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Shri Kiran Kumar has represented ISRO in international forums like World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and is currently the Chairman of CEOS.
