Updated On: 25 April, 2025 02:15 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Kasturirangan, renowned for spearheading education reforms outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP), also held prominent roles as the chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and chairman of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission

Kasturirangan was also the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, from April 2004 to 2009. Pic/PTI
Former ISRO chief and chairperson of the drafting committee behind the ambitious new National Education Policy (NEP), K Kasturirangan, passed away in Bengaluru on Friday, officials said.
K Kasturirangan was 84 years old.