Disturbing that Roddam quit: Ex-ISRO head

February 24, 2012 18:05

Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair today termed as "very disturbing" the top aerospace scientist Roddam Narasimha quitting as member of the Space Commission where he was serving for more than two decades, and
slammed the Department for being "insensitive". "It's a very disturbing news and it's very unfortunate", Nair said.

"He has been a veteran in the space field. He has contributed to the space programme right from SLV-3 days when (A P J Abdul) Kalam was managing it, till the recent GSLV.

"He (Narasimha) is the only qualified person in the Space Commission. It's unfortunate that we lost his services because of the inaction by the Department of Space," he added.

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