N. Narayana Moorthy

Shri. N. Narayanamoorthy, Chairman and Managing Director of the KSEDC is a distinguished scientist of VSSC/ISRO and was holding the post of Associate Director, VSSC, and Chief Executive of Human Spaceflight Programme till superannuation on May 2011. Subsequently, he was working as Senior Advisor Launch Vehicles in VSSC, Trivandrum, and also Consultant to Director, VSSC.

He was the chairman of the Aeronautical Society of India-Trivandrum Branch for the period 2005-06 and 2006-07. He is a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and the System Society of India. Considering his excellent Contribution towards System Design and Electrical Integration of India’s Satellite Launch Vehicle Programme, he was awarded the Space Gold Medal 2000 by the Astronautical Society of India. Aeronautical Society of India awarded Dr.Biren Roy Space Science and /or Design Award for the year 2005 for his contribution towards the development of Satellite Launch Vehicles. He is the recipient of the ISRO Performance Merit Award for the year 2006 and the ISRO Performance Excellence Award for the year 2011.

During his tenure at VSSC, he has served the role of Professional Director in the Board of Directors of KSEDC from 15-02-2012 to 01-09-2016. Being a technocrat with vast experience working in Central Government institutions, associations with various technical bodies and research organizations he is focusing to improve the manufacturing content, technology adoption, and Research and Development area of the KSEDC as he always believes that the strength of the company lies in the adoption of technology, strengthening R & D effort and also ensuring HR activities. Mr. N Narayanamoorthy joined the Board of Directors as a whole-Time Chairman with effect from 1st March 2019. He was given the additional responsibility of Managing Director in February 2021.