S Somanath, the rocket scientist serving as Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Director, will be ISRO's new Chairman. He did B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Masters in Aerospace Engineering from IISc, Bengaluru. He led the integration of PSLV during the early phases and played key roles in the GSLV Mk III project and Chandrayaan-2 mission.