Article Posted on : - Oct 12, 2009

Chairman of ISRO G Madhavan Nair. A file photo.

BANGALORE (PTI): G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has been appointed President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).

The decision to elevate Nair, who was serving as Vice-President of Scientific Activities of the IAA for the last four years, was taken on Sunday during its General Assembly meeting in Daejeon, South Korea, an ISRO statement said.

The Paris-headquartered IAA is an independent organisation of distinguished individuals elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to astronautics and the exploration of space, it said.