• Former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar was conferred with France’s highest civilian honour, Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Legion d’Honneur.

BACKGROUND:

• He was awarded for his contribution to India-France space cooperation.
• He currently holds the Chair of the ISRO Committee on Earth Observation Satellites.
• He served as 9th Chairman ISRO’s from 2015 to 2018. He was succeeded by incumbent K Sivan (former Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and Liquid Propulsion centre).