Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan

space scientist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1940

Place of Birth: Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Profession: politician, physicist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (born 24 October 1940) is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 1994 to 2003.
He is presently Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan.
He is the former chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and the chairman of Karnataka Knowledge Commission.
He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha (2003–09) and a former member of the now defunct Planning Commission of India.
He was also the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, from April 2004 to 2009.
He is a recipient of the three major civilian awards from the Government of India: the Padma Shri (1982), Padma Bhushan (1992) and Padma Vibhushan (2000).