S Somanath
Chairman, ISRO The brain behind the moon mission, Somanath has also been credited with accelerating ISRO’s other missions. He served at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, before heading ISRO
P Veeramuthuvel
Project Director An alumnus of IIT Madras, Veeramuthuvel took charge as Project Director in 2019. He hails from Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district. He succeeded Vanitha, who was the Project Director of Chandrayaan-2 mission.
Muthayya Vanitha
Deputy Director, UR Rao Satellite Center Vanitha is first female Project Director at ISRO and also the first woman to lead an interplanetary mission. She is the Deputy Director for Chandrayaan-3 mission. She graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy
Kalpana K
Deputy Project Director Deputy Project Director for Chandrayaan-3, Kalpana is an engineer who has also worked in Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan missions.
S Unnikrishnan Nair
Director, VSSC Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is responsible for developing GSLV Mark-III, now known as Launch Vehicle Mark-III. As head of VSSC, Nair and his team oversaw various critical aspects of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Mohana Kumar
Mission Director A senior scientist from VSSC, Kumar has worked as the Director for the successful commercial launch of the One Web India 2 satellites on board the LVM3-M3 mission.
M Sankaran
Director, UR Rao Satellite Centre Sankaran leads the team responsible for crafting satellites that meet India’s diverse needs, including communication, navigation, remote sensing, weather forecasting, and planetary exploration.
A Rajarajan
Chief Launch Authorisation Board A scientist and Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Rajarajan, is an expert in the area of composites. He was looking after the fruition of solid motor production and launch complex infrastructure
B N Ramakrishna
Director, ISTRAC Ramakrishna is the seventh Director of ISRO’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network. ISTRAC connected to an ISRO deep space network station near Bengaluru and international earth stations for Chandrayaan-3.
Ritu Karidhal Srivastava
Senior Scientist, ISRO Also known as the ‘Indian Rocket Woman’, Srivastava is a senior scientist at ISRO. She oversaw the Chandrayaan-3 mission. She is an M. Sc. Physics from the University of Lucknow.
