New Delhi: Former ISRO chairperson and head of New Education Policy's drafting committee K Kasturirangan suffered a heart attack in Sri Lanka and is being shifted to Bengaluru for treatment, sources said on Monday.
His condition is stated to be stable, they added. Kasturirangan, 83, has previously been chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and chairman of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission. He has been a former member of the Rajya Sabha (2003- 09) and a former member of the now defunct Planning Commission of India.
He was also the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, from April 2004 to 2009. He headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from 1994 to 2003. He is presently Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan and NIIT University and was also the director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, from April 2004 to 2009. Kasturirangan is a recipient of the three major civilian awards from the Government of India, the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan.
