Who among the following was the project director of Chandrayaan-3?

The correct answer is Option (2) → P. Veeramuthuvel

P. Veeramuthuvel, an ISRO scientist from Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, was the project director of Chandrayaan-3, India’s third mission to the Moon. The mission was launched on 14 July 2023 by the LVM3 rocket from Sriharikota, and its lander Vikram touched down near the Moon’s south pole on 23 August 2023. India became the first country to land near the lunar south pole and the fourth to make a soft landing on the Moon; 23 August is now observed as National Space Day.

Note: This ‘current affairs’ question is about a mission from almost two years before this June 2025 paper. Vikram touched down on the Moon long before this question touched down in the paper.