Chairmen & Directors

Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan (b. 1940) served as the ninth Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Madras from 9 February 2000 to 14 April 2005. He is an eminent Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 1994 to 2003. After completing his Master of Science in Physics from the University of Mumbai, he obtained his doctoral degree in experimental high-energy astronomy in 1971, working at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He also served as the Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. He obtained three major civilian awards from the Government of India: the Padma Shri (1982), the Padma Bhushan (1992) and the Padma Vibhushan (2000).