Koppillil Radhakrishnan

Radhakrishnan in 2014 K. Radhakrishnan a.k.a. Koppillil Radhakrishnan (born 29 August 1949) is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (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.

Presently, he is the chairperson of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the IIT Council; chairman of the overarching Committee set up my Ministry of Education for strengthening the Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Educational Institutions; Chairman of the Expert Committees of DST on 'Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI) & 'Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facilities (SAIF)'; and chairman, High-powered Committee of Indian Knowledge Systems, Ministry of Education-Government of India besides being the Chairman of the Council of Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, a Member of National Security Advisory Board, and Space Commission and Honorary Distinguished Advisor in the Department of Space/ISRO.

He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India; Honorary Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India; Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India; Member of the International Academy of Astronautics; Distinguished Fellow of Astronautical Society of [https://www.asindia.org/assets/files/AtSamwad.pdf India]; Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences; Honorary Fellow of the Kerala Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing; and Fellow of the Indian Geophysical Union. He is an accomplished vocalist (Carnatic music) and Kathakali artist.

Penguin Random House India published his autobiography ''My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission'' (), co-authored by Radhakrishnan and Nilanjan Routh, in November 2016. Provided by Wikipedia
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    One-pot green synthesis of BSA-capped O-CQDs as an effective fluorescent sensing platform for sensitive and selective detection of promethazine drug

    One-pot green synthesis of BSA-capped O-CQDs as an effective fluorescent sensing platform for sensitive and selective detection of promethazine drug by S. Viji, A. Dinesh, K. Radhakrishnan, L. Srimathi Priya, C. Sivasankari, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, Manikandan Ayyar, V. Mohanavel, Mohamed Hashem, Hassan Fouad, G. Ramachandran, S. Santhoshkumar

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