Political leadrship will provide broadbased leadership. Engineer is mostly engineer. Big policy decisions like should Industry structre be changed etc. requires different leadership.
Our so called self proclaimed leaders have dismal performance. What does the leadership normally do? They set goals, clear obstacles , gather resources, rally ppl ...etc
Just see how well they have done on simple goals,
1) provide access to safe drinking water to everyone.
2) provide electricity to every one.
3) provide shelter to all citizens.
..etc
when our political leader ship has achieved spectacular results in last 50 years or so, they will do the same in other areas as well. As a first step they will create a union and next step will ensure union supports them. Rest will be history.
I think most ISRO leaders have faile din one way or another. Don't blame them they're engineers not leaders.
First you need to set goals and then compare against instead of making a sweeping stmt.
Every time ppl talk abt leadership , it screams me, , myself and I alone can save the world. Hard truth is that if every one does their job correctly then leadership becomes nearly irrelevant. If ppl can collectively take a good decision & cooperate with each other leader ship simply wont be needed.
Despite your strident denials, even @_Anonymous_ seems to agree with me that we need a public leader to lead ISRO like how NASA does it instead of narrow minded engineers.
so you have decided that turning ISRO into a local co-operative sugar mill will lead to more sweeter results.
Sean o kafee- an excellent NASA administrator from 2001 to 2005 was BA in History and Master of Public administration
Fact is that political administration in US only controls the budget they do provide requirements but do not interfere in any other way.
I therefore support Smriti Irani as next ISRO Chief. SHe is the only one who can fix these problems.
yeah , ISRO seriously misses some drama.