# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sivan-kailasavadivoo
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:20:50.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sivan-kailasavadivoo"
name: "Sivan Kailasavadivoo"
slug: "sivan-kailasavadivoo"
description: "Kailasavadivu Sivan is an Indian aerospace engineer who served as the secretary of the Department of Space and chairman of ISRO and Space Commission. He has previously served as the director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre."
tagline: "Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Chairman%2C_Indian_Space_Research_Organisation_(ISRO)%2C_Dr._K._Sivan_addressing_a_press_conference_on_the_occasion_of_%E2%80%98Lunar_Orbit_Insertion_of_Chandrayaan-2_Mission%E2%80%99%2C_in_Bengaluru_on_August_20%2C_2019_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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birthDate: "1957-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump