Head of the Organisation
Mr. P.L.N. Raju
Special Secretary to the Govt. Of Assam, S.T.C.C. Department
Director, ASSAC
Mobile No. - 9411768991
Email ID - dirassac2021@gmail.com
ASSAC, Bigyan Bhawan, ABC, G.S. Road, Guwahati 781005
Shri P.L.N. Raju served 33 years in ISRO, Department of Space, Government of India during 1988 – 2021. Shri Raju has graduated in Civil Engineering from Mysore University in 1984. He did M.Tech in Remote Sensing from Anna University in 1987. He did a certificate course in Geographical Information System from ITC, Netherlands in 1995. He has specialized in Remote Sensing Technology, Applications with emphasis in water resources, Geo-informatics technology and applications and GNSS etc.
He has served as Director, North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) for five years nine months (October 2015 – June 2021). He served at Indian Institutes of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun for 28 years (April 1988 – September 2015).
Shri Raju is presently appointed as a Special Secretary, Science Technology and Climate Change Department and Director, Assam State Space Application Centre, Government of Assam for two years since September 01, 2021. He is also entrusted with additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Science City Guwahati.