Key facts
- Born
- 21 August 1953, Navsari
- State of birth
- Navsari, Gujarat
- Sector
- Science & space
- Profession
- Indian oceanographer
- Gender
- Male
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Biography
Shailesh Nayak is an Indian scientist and is currently Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies from 2018 onwards, former Chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies (2019–2025) and Distinguished Scientist in the Ministry of Earth Sciences. He was the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) Chair and Secretary to the Government of India for Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Indian government, between August 2008 – 2015. He was also the Chairman of the Earth Commission in India. He served as the interim chairman of ISRO between 31 December 2014 and 11 January 2015.
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Timeline
- 1953Born in Navsari
- 2015Becomes Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5