Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the Father of the Indian space programme, started working towards rocketry in 1961. He recruited talented scientists…
It was in 1895 that a young scientist by the name of Jagadish Chandra Bose first demonstrated that radio waves…
What we see in the Universe remains the same irrespective of what, when and where we see! This is the…
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, born on June 30, 1934, turns 87 this year. Recently, he was announced as the recipient…
In its relatively short life history and with legendary small budgets compared to western counterparts, the Indian Space Research Organisation…
What is our universe made of? What are its building blocks and fundamental reality? Greek philosopher Democritus came up with…
In 1984, when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked the first Indian astronaut in space what India looked like…
India’s first indigenously built satellite, the Aryabhata, that was launched on April 19, 1975 was named after the famous 5th…
I was very fortunate to have been associated with our Space program right from the beginning of our efforts of…
Ancient India, according to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, saw exploitation of outer space and use of energy as weapons to create inordinate…