Sivan doesn't have any social media account: ISRO

After numerous accounts in the name of ISRO chief K Sivan mushroomed across social media platforms, the space agency clarified that its chairman does not have any presence on social media and that all the accounts in his name are fake.

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) clarified on Monday that its Chairman K Sivan does not have any personal account on social media.

• It is noticed that accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan is operational on many Social media. This is to clarify that Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO does not have any personal accounts.
  
  For official accounts of ISRO, please see https://t.co/DKhLvUwK1P

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  It is noticed that accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan is operational on many Social media. This is to clarify that Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO does not have any personal accounts.
  
  For official accounts of ISRO, please see https://t.co/DKhLvUwK1P

  — ISRO (@isro) September 9, 2019

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  It is noticed that accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan is operational on many Social media. This is to clarify that Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO does not have any personal accounts.
  
  For official accounts of ISRO, please see https://t.co/DKhLvUwK1P

  — ISRO (@isro) September 9, 2019

  
  

ISRO said in a tweet: "It is noticed that accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan are operational on many sSocial media. This is to clarify that Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO, does not have any personal accounts."

A fake Twitter account in Sivan's name

The space agency said that it would lodge a complaint against all fake accounts created in Sivan's name.

Meanwhile, ISRO officials said that any update on Chandrayaan-2 mission, including the status of the moon lander Vikram that crash-landed on the lunar surface on Saturday, will be announced on the organization's website.

Another fake account

Several fake accounts in the name of the ISRO chairman had come up on different social media platforms minutes after Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Lander's lost contact with ISRO scientists just 2.1 above the moon's surface on Saturday.

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