M. Pitchaimani is a scientist with the Indian Space Research Organization and currently serves as the General Manager of Mission Operations and Health Analysis (MOHA) group of ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC). He has supervised the Operation management of various Indian spacecraft and handled many challenging situations successfully. Presently he is the Operation Director of India's first mooncraft, Chandrayaan I. He joined ISRO in 1980.