Indian-American Amit Kshatriya, senior NASA official behind US' moon mission

WASHINGTON: (Apr 11) From admiring rocket launches as a child growing up in Houston to steering the operations at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Indian-American scientist Amit Kshatriya has had a stellar innings at the space agency that has set on a mission to land astronauts on the moon.

As NASA’s Associate Administrator, Wisconsin-born Kshatriya serves as the highest-ranking civil servant at the agency and as a senior advisor to Administrator Jared Isaacman.

Kshatriya leads the agency’s 10 centre directors, as well as the mission directorate associate administrators at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He also acts as the agency’s Chief Operating Officer.