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Former ISRO Chief Says Bureaucratisation Driving Scientist Exodus
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Former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair warns that bureaucratisation, not salary gaps, is pushing scientists to leave the space agency. He cites external agencies poaching trained ISRO staff and a loss of operational autonomy in strategic…
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Former ISRO Chief Says Bureaucratisation Driving Scientist Exodus
Former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair stated that bureaucratisation within the Department of Space is eroding the agency's operational autonomy, driving scientists away from critical programmes such as Gaganyaan. Nair highlighted that external agencies are actively recruiting ISRO-trained personnel, exacerbating the exodus. He attributed the issue to a slow erosion of the 'unity of command' that historically enabled ISRO's rapid progress. The Department of Space's recent measures to stem the outflow are seen as insufficient by Nair, who argues the problem runs deeper than human resource policies.
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