| No. | Portrait | Name
(Lifespan) | Term | Ref(s) |
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| Start | End | Term length |
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| 1 | | Vikram Sarabhai
(1919–1971) | 1963 | 1971 | 8 years | [5] |
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| Founder of INCOSPAR and widely regraded as father of Indian space program.
his efforts led to creation of Indian Space Research Organisation. Prof Satish Dhawan Real Life Story - Sakshi Education |
| 2 | | M. G. K. Menon
(1928–2016) | January 1972 | September 1972 | 9 months | [6] |
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| He was notable mostly for his work on cosmic rays and particle physics particularly on the high-energy inter-actions of elementary particles.
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| 3 | | Satish Dhawan
(1920–2002) | 1973 | 1984 | 12 years | [7] |
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| Satish Dhawan is known for his work on fluid dynamics and his tenure as longest serving chief of ISRO. His era marked with India attaining orbital launch capability in 1980 for the first time and start of INSAT program which became base for further development of spacecraft technologies.
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| 4 | | U. R. Rao
(1932–2017) | 198 వైజ్ఞానికుని నాయకత్వ స్ఫూర్తి | Satish Dhawan APJ Abdul Kalam PYW
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