India's Space Odyssey - Past, Present and Future
Channel: HBCSE-TIFR
Date: 2018-10-28

Prof. K. Kasturirangan, Eminent Space Scientist. Seventeenth V. G. Kulkarni Memorial Lecture. 

India’s Space endeavour is now more than 60 years old. From simple rocket borne scientific instruments flown from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching station, located over geomagnetic equator, the program has grown in several dimensions covering launch vehicles, satellites, applications and space science; besides vibrant international cooperation, industrial interface as well as setting up innovative organisational structures. The emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of the Indian Space efforts gives it a unique character the likes of which we do not see in the Space programs of other countries. The lecture proposes to cover the evolutionary aspects of the above components of India’s Space program and also provide a glimpse of the futuristic direction of the related activities.