Former ISRO Chief and one of India's best-known scientists, G Madhavan Nair has been blacklisted for government jobs. The government's decision is based on Mr Nair's alleged role in allotting valuable and scarce S-band spectrum to a private company named Devas. The contract with Devas was signed during Mr Nair's term as ISRO chief, a tenure highlighted by India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1.
A disturbed Madhavan Nair asked "Am I worse than terrorists?" He also said that the decision is unjustified and added that he will challenge the order in court once he is officially served a notice.
Mr Nair blames the current ISRO Chairman, K Radhakrishnan who replaced him after he retired in October 2009. "He (Radhakrishnan) has misled the Government on the whole issue (the controversial Devas deal). He is the key person who worked behind this; he misled and miscommunicated to the Government and he has taken action", alleged Mr Nair.
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