V Narayanan has been appointed as the next chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and secretary of the department of space, succeeding S Somanath on January 14. Currently the director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) in Kerala, Narayanan brings nearly four decades of expertise in rocket and spacecraft propulsion to his new role.
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