M. Mohan

M. Mohan is an Indian space scientist who currently serves as the Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, a centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He took charge of this position on 27 January 2025.

Early life and education

Mohan hails from the Alappuzha district of Kerala. There is no publicly available detailed record of his early schooling or higher education in the cited sources.

Career

Prior to his current appointment, Mohan held several senior positions within ISRO. According to the LPSC announcement, he held roles including Director at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre ; Director of the Human Space Flight Centre ; Associate Director at VSSC; Deputy Director, Materials & Manufacturing Entity /VSSC; Deputy Director, Aerospace Structures & Operations /VSSC.
He was the Project Director of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle programme and Mission Director for the successful missions GSLV-F08/GSAT-6A and GSLV-F11/GSAT-7A in 2018. He also served as System L eader of the Moon Impact Probe project of the Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008.

Appointment as Director of LPSC

Mohan assumed the role of Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre on 27 January 2025. The appointment followed the previous director, V. Narayanan, became the chairman of ISRO.

Awards and honours

Mohan has been recognised by ISRO with the Performance Excellence Award in 2016 and the ISRO Merit Award in 2010. He is a Fellow or member of professional organisations such as the Aeronautical Society of India, the Society of Aerospace Manufacturing Engineers, the High Energy Materials Society of India, and the Indian National Society for Aerospace and Related Mechanisms.