Koppillil Radhakrishnan

K. Radhakrishnan
K. Radhakrishnan
	Radhakrishnan in 2014
7th Chairman of ISRO
	In office; 30 October 2009 – 31 December 2014
Preceded by	G. Madhavan Nair
Succeeded by	Shailesh Nayak
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Personal details
Born	29 August 1949; Irinjalakuda, United State of Travancore and Cochin, Dominion of India; (present day Thrissur, Kerala, India)
Scientific career
Alma mater	Government Engineering College, Thrissur (BE); IIM Bangalore (MBA); IIT Kharagpur (PhD);
Known for	Chandrayaan-1, Mangalyaan
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2014)
Fields	Electrical Engineering; Space research
Institutions	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre; National Remote Sensing Agency; Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services; Indian Space Research Organisation; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur;

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Koppillil Radhakrishnan (born 29 August 1949) is an Indian space scientist who headed ISRO as Chairman of Space Commission, Secretary of the Department of Space, Government of India. Under his leadership, India became the first country to reach Mars in its first attempt.