<Tr> <Th> Formation </Th> <Td> 1963 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Term start </Th> <Th> Term end </Th> <Th> Term length </Th> <Th> Ref (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Vikram Sarabhai </Td> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Nine years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> M.G.K. Menon </Td> <Td> January 1972 </Td> <Td> September 1972 </Td> <Td> Nine months </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Satish Dhawan </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Twelve years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> U.R. Rao </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> Ten years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> K. Kasturirangan </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> 27 August 2003 </Td> <Td> Nine years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> G. Madhavan Nair </Td> <Td> September 2003 </Td> <Td> 29 October 2009 </Td> <Td> Six years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> K. Radhakrishnan </Td> <Td> 30 October 2009 </Td> <Td> 31 December 2014 </Td> <Td> Five years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shailesh Nayak </Td> <Td> 1 January 2015 </Td> <Td> 12 January 2015 </Td> <Td> 12 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> A.S. Kiran Kumar </Td> <Td> 14 January 2015 </Td> <Td> 14 January 2018 </Td> <Td> 3 years </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> K. Sivan </Td> <Td> January 2018 </Td> <Td_colspan="2">' </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Term start </Th> <Th> Term end </Th> <Th> Term length </Th> <Th> Ref (s) </Th> </Tr>

Who has been appointed as the chairman of indian space research organisation (isro)