There is no dearth of talent in India and anyone who knows or has heard about P Kunhikrishnan's skills, can vouch for the same. Kunhikrishnan is currently the Director of U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Bengaluru and reportedly played a key role as Project Director of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project from June 1, 2010 to March 31, 2015. But, that's not why we're talking about him. We're talking about him because he's also a professional flute player.

Recently, the Parliamentary Standing Committee held its last meeting of the year at ISRO and to end it on a beautiful note, he played flute at the meeting. His musical performance was shared by Jairam Ramesh on social media with the caption, "The Parliamentary Standing Committee ended its last meeting at ISRO with a flute performance by the Director of its Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, P. Kunhikrishnan, who is also a professional flute player! He played the evergreen Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje."

The Parliamentary Standing Committee ended it's last meeting at ISRO with a flute performance by the Director of its Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, P. Kunhikrishnan, who is also a professional flute player! He played the evergreen Vatapi Ganapatim Bhaje. Sharing a snippet. pic.twitter.com/AkwwPh9oZY

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 29, 2019

Kunhikrishnan's performance has now struck a chord with thousands of people on social media, who can't stop praising him.  

Awesome..this is what makes us to feel great about these scientists apart from the scientific achievements..kudos. also this is the learning for upcoming talents at ISRO to take this institution to new heights

— Nithya (@bhide11) December 29, 2019

We may make satellites, we can build indeginous rockets, we can explore space, we may be doctors in the USA, we may be in high paying jobs in the west, we may head MNCs like pepsi n Google, bt what makes us Indians unique is that we are deeply rooted in our tradition. â¤this vid

— Naushad Ahmed (@Naushad19498539) December 29, 2019

Kudos to you for sharing something fresh .... nice one...

— Som Panda (@SOMPANDAODIA) December 29, 2019

Malayalee's and classical Music are inseparable, in many instances.
Dr.K.Radhakrishnan, former chairman, was also a trained singer.ð

— pandurangavittal.vn (@vittal_vn) December 29, 2019

I once attended the arangetram of a friend's daughter for which the violin vidwan was a rocket propulsion scientist from @ISRO. Much respect for the science and progress that ISRO exemplifies and and even more for illustrating that talent and ability are rarely unidimensional.

— Arun Katiyar (@arunkatiyar) December 30, 2019

Beautiful rendition by kunhikrisnan

— sanjiv swarup (@swappy58) December 30, 2019

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