Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation - wikipedia Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation Incumbent A.S. Kiran Kumar since January 12, 2015 Inaugural holder Vikram Sarabhai Formation 1963 The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation is the highest - ranked official of the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ), the space agency of the India. The Indian National Committee for Space Research ( INCOSPAR ) was found in 1962 with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman. The Indian Space Research Organisation in its modern form was created by Vikarm Sarabhai in 1969. Since then there have been seven chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, with Prof. Satish Dhawan serving the longest term of 12 years as the Chairman. Name Term start Term end Term length Ref ( s ) Sarabhai, Vikram Vikram Sarabhai 000000001963 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1963 000000001972 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1972 9 ! Nine years Menon, M.G.K. M.G.K. Menon 000000001972 - 01 - 01 - 0000 January 1972 000000001972 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 1972 0.75 ! Nine months Dhawan, Satish Satish Dhawan 000000001972 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1972 000000001984 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1984 12 ! Twelve years Rao, U.R. U.R. Rao 000000001984 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1984 000000001994 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1994 10 ! Ten years Kasturirangan, K. K. Kasturirangan 000000001994 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1994 000000002003 - 08 - 27 - 0000 27 August 2003 9 ! Nine years Nair, G. Madhavan G. Madhavan Nair 000000002003 - 09 - 01 - 0000 September 2003 000000002009 - 10 - 29 - 0000 29 October 2009 6 ! Six years Radhakrishnan, K. K. Radhakrishnan 000000002009 - 10 - 30 - 0000 30 October 2009 000000002014 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 2014 5 ! Five years Nayak, Shailesh Shailesh Nayak 000000002015 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 2015 000000002015 - 01 - 12 - 0000 12 January 2015 0.03 ! 12 days Kumar, A.S. Kiran A.S. Kiran Kumar 000000002015 - 01 - 14 - 0000 14 January 2015 Incumbent See also ISRO Homi J. 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Question: who is the longest serving director of isro
Answer: Dhawan, Satish