Nilesh M Desai

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Nilesh M. Desai (born April 1, 1964) is an Indian engineer and space scientist. He has contributed to the development of microwave radar satellites, including RISAT-1 and Oceansat-2. the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NAVIC), Quantum Key Distribution, and the third Indian lunar exploration mission-Chandrayaan-3. In 2021, Desai was appointed as director of the Space Applications Centre (SAC)^[1] in Ahmedabad, a key institution under the ISRO responsible for developing satellite-based applications for communicating, navigating and remote sensing ^[2][3]