By way of PTI
BENGALURU: S Somanath on Friday assumed price as Secretary, Division of Area and Chairman, Area Fee.
Previous to this, he had a four-year stint because the Director, Vikram Sarabhai Area Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananathapuram.
Previous, he additionally served because the Director of Liquid Propulsion Techniques Centre (LPSC), Valiamala, for 2 and part years, an Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) remark famous.
Somanath acquired B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM School of Engineering, Kollam, and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, specialising in Buildings, Dynamics, and Keep watch over with a Gold Medal, it mentioned.
He joined VSSC in 1985 and was once a workforce chief for the Integration of PSLV all over the early stages.
Somanath is a professional within the house of device engineering of Release automobiles.
“His contributions in PSLV and GSLV MkIII had been of their general structure, propulsion levels design, structural and structural dynamics designs, separation programs, automobile integration, and integration procedures building”, the remark mentioned.
He’s a recipient of the ‘Area Gold Medal’ from the Astronautical Society of India (ASI).
He had additionally gained the ‘Advantage Award’ and ‘Efficiency Excellence award’ from ISRO and a ‘Crew excellence award’ for GSLV Mk-III building.
Somanath is a Fellow of the Indian Nationwide Academy of Engineering (INAE), a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), ASI, and a Corresponding Member of the World Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
He’s within the bureau of the World Astronautical Federation (IAF) and a recipient of the Nationwide Aeronautics Prize from the ASI, it was once said.
Somanath has printed papers in journals & seminars in structural dynamics and keep an eye on, dynamic research of separation mechanisms, vibration & acoustic trying out, release automobile design, and release services and products control, the remark added.