Koppillil Radhakrishnan (born 1949)

Born 1949 CE.

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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Koppillil_Radhakrishnan, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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