Meet S Somanath, ISRO chairman and the brain behind Chandrayaan-3

Saturday, 15 July 2023
In 1985, when the Space Agency was looking for young engineers to work on the nascent Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle programme, Somanath joined ISRO and he became the chairman in 2022.

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