His focus has always been to achieve self-reliance in the high technology areas and to bring the benefits of space technology to the national development, specially targeting the needs of the rural and poor sections of the society.
He was responsible for charting the road map for future development of ISRO's activities, especially in the launch vehicle area targeting low cost access to space.
He has accomplished 25 successful missions during his tenure of six years as Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS.
