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S Somanath has been appointed as the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation as well as the space secretary, a personnel ministry order issued on Wednesday said.
Somanath, who is the present director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, will succeed K Sivan who completes his extended tenure on Friday.
Sivan was in January 2018 appointed as the ISRO chief, secretary of the department of space and chairman space commission.
He was in December 2020 given a one-year extension till January 14, 2022.
Somanath’s appointment as the space secretary and the space commission chairman is for a combined tenure of three years from the date of joining of the post, inclusive of an extension in tenure beyond the age of superannuation in public interest, the order said.
