Koppillil Radhakrishnan
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
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2024 | Became Chairman of Council of Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata |
June 2024 | Appointed Chairman of High-Level Committee of Experts by Union Ministry of Education to ensure fair conduct of examinations through National Testing Agency |
February 2022 | Rejoined the Space Commission and became Chairperson of the Oversight Committee of DST on Science & Engineering Research Board |
February 2022 | Became Member of Space Commission |
February 2019 | Became Chairperson of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |
2018 | Received Qimpro Platinum Standard 2018 in the Business category. |
March 2018 | Appointed as Honorary Distinguished Adviser to Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation |
2017 | Awarded Global Indian (Science) Award by Times Network. |
2016 | Served as Adviser to the Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation. |
2016 | Recognized in Asian Scientist 100 and received Lifetime Achievement Award from Engineers' Forum, Nagpur. |
2015 | Received multiple lifetime achievement awards from Union Bank of India, Indore Management Association, and P.C. Chandra Purashkar. |
2014 | Concluded leadership roles at ISRO, Astronautical Society of India, and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology |
2014 | Concluded tenure as Chairman of ISRO. |
2014 | Awarded Padma Bhushan for outstanding contributions to Science and Engineering, particularly in Space Science and Technology. |
2014 | Received multiple significant awards including ISRO's Lifetime Achievement Award, the Allan D. Emil Award from International Astronautical Federation, Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award, and Technovation-Sarabhai Award from Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association. |
2014 | Became Chairman of Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur |
December 18 2014 | Named one of Nature's ten 'people who mattered' in 2014, alongside Radhika Nagpal and others. |
2010 | Received multiple distinguished alumni awards from IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore, and the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award from Indian Science Congress. |
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