Nat'l Space Day held at city college
Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), on Tuesday celebrated National Space Day 2025, highlighting India's landmark achievements in space exploration and looking ahead to the exciting missions aimed at pushing the frontiers of science and innovation.
Prominent among those who addressed the students included ISRO's programme director Jaswinder Singh Khoral, NSIL's technical and strategic director A Arunachalam, ISRO's former scientific secretary Shantanu Bhatawadekar and Nav Nalanda Mahavihara University's vice-chancellor Siddharth Singh. PWC principal Sister M Rashmi presided.
A special highlight of the day was the screening of the documentary 'Triumph and Voyages of Chandrayaan-3', which captured India's pride in its lunar exploration milestone.
The program also included a quiz competition and an interactive question-answer session, where students had the unique opportunity to engage directly with the distinguished scientists.
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