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Dr V Jayaraman has been appointed as Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, on September 1, 2008 and he took charge from Dr K Radhakrishnan, the out-going Director. 

Dr Jayaraman holds a Bachelors degree in electronics engineering from University of Madras, Master of Science in electrical engineering from IIT, Madras and a Doctorate in Physics from Bangalore University. He started his career in ISRO during 1979. He is recognised for his contributions in the areas ranging from spacecraft systems engineering to applications development and positioning of policies & regulatory framework for integrating the high technology inputs into national development. Dr Jayaraman has brought coherence amongst technology, research and applications of direct relevance to Earth science.

Dr. Jayaraman is a fellow of institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union, Member of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Indian Society of Geomatics and Astronautical Society of India.