Newly appointed ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said on October 26th it was a great challenge to head the country's space agency, considering the high expectations from various quarters. Speaking to reporters in Thrissur, india, Radhakrishnan also said he was privileged to get the post and considered it an honor.

"As a team, in ISRO we need to move ahead. We will do our best to achieve our goals," Radhakrishnan, presently Director of Vikram Sabarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, said. He offered prayers at the Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayur soon after he was appointed the new Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). "Space applications, satellites and launch vehicles are programmes of thrust. Another imporant mission is the human space flight program," he said. (Source: Press Trust of India).