Amitabh Singh | |
Birth Place: | Kubauli, Samastipur, Bihar, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Workplaces: | Indian Space Research Organisation |
Known For: | Mission Chandrayaan 1, Chandrayaan 2 and Chandrayaan-3 and Planetary Geomatics |
Awards: | ISRS Young Achiever Award (2008) |
Website: | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amitabh-Singh |
Spouse: | Dr Mamata Singh |
Field: | Space Technology Potential Landing Sites for Chandrayaan-2 Lander in Southern Hemisphere of Moon |
Amitabh Singh is an Indian Space Scientist. He was Project Manager for Chandrayaan-1 Mission and Deputy Project Director & Operation Director for Chandrayaan-2 &3 Mission at Indian Space Research Organization.[1] He handled the optical payload data processing and on-board algorithm related to Chandrayaan-2 and Chandrayaan-3 Lander and Rover.[2] He is also a Guest Faculty at Department of Physics, Electronics & Space Science of the Gujarat University. He is working for upcoming Chandrayaan-3 project.[3]
He has authored some books on Chandrayaan 1 and articles on Planetary Geomatics and Exploring the Moon in three dimension.
He has been awarded the ISRS Young Achiever Award by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun. He was also Part of Chandrayaan-3 team who received Rastriya Vigyan team award 2024[4]
Amitabh Singh was born at Kubauli village of Samastipur district in Bihar. His wife is a senior doctor.
He studied M.Sc (Electronics) from Department of Physics, A N College Patna.[3]
He studied M.Tech from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.