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Hans India
6 hours ago
- Hans India
OU's 84th convocation to be held on Aug 19
HYDERABAD: Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kumar Molugaram said that the university is preparing to host its 84th Convocation ceremony on August 19 at the Tagore Auditorium, marking a significant milestone in its academic journey. The event will celebrate the achievements of students and honour distinguished individuals who have made notable contributions to society. Addressing the media on Wednesday, he joined by Registrar Prof. G. Naresh Reddy, OSD to VC Prof. S. Jithendra Kumar Naik, Controller of Examinations Prof. Shashikanth, and other senior faculty members briefed on the upcoming convocation. Prof. Kumar highlighted several key features that make this year's convocation particularly special. A record number of 1,261 PhD scholars will be awarded degrees, a significant rise from the 979 conferred at the previous convocation, reflecting the university's growing emphasis on research excellence. Additionally, 121 gold medals will be presented to meritorious students from the academic years 2022–2023 and 2023–2024. In a historic initiative to promote tribal scholarship, a new gold medal will be awarded for the best PhD thesis in English by a tribal student, instituted by the Chancellor and Governor of Telangana. Another notable addition is the Professor Samudrala Satyanarayana Murthy Memorial Gold Medal, established by IAS officer Smt. Sri Devasena, which will be awarded to the top MBA Finance student. The university will also confer its 50th Honorary Doctorate upon Dr. V. Narayanan, Director of ISRO, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to India's space program. Dr. Narayanan will deliver the convocation address as the chief guest. To ensure smooth proceedings, the Vice-Chancellor outlined event guidelines, including restricted entry to the auditorium for PhD awardees and gold medal recipients, live screening for family members, and designated areas for photography. Mobile phones will not be permitted inside the auditorium, and attendees are requested not to bring small children.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Hindustan Times
Europe launches Ariane 6 to send Airbus SE-made satellite into polar orbit
A troubled European rocket critical to the continent's goal of reducing its reliance on Elon Musk's SpaceX thundered off a launchpad for its third-ever mission. Ariane 6's success particularly important to European countries that are seeking to build up their defense portfolio.(X/@esa) The Ariane 6, which had its debut in July 2024 and is the centerpiece of Europe's space ambitions, lifted off from French Guiana at 8:38 p.m. New York time on Tuesday. The rocket is sending an Airbus SE-made satellite into a polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate monitoring. The European launch vehicle is one of several new rockets that have fallen behind schedule while SpaceX has increased the frequency of flights by its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, which conducted over half of all global launches last year. Tuesday's Ariane 6 flight comes on the same day as the scheduled third launch of a new rocket from United Launch Alliance, the joint venture between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. ULA's Vulcan had its debut in January last year but hasn't flown since October due to an issue with the rocket's nozzle. If successful, the dual missions could signal a break in the launch-services logjam that's complicating plans by governments as well as commercial customers like Inc. and AST SpaceMobile Inc. seeking alternatives to SpaceX as they build out new satellite networks. 'Getting a new rocket off the launchpad the first time is hard but flipping over to production and launch at scale seems to be even harder,' said Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Four next-generation rockets — Blue Origin's New Glenn and Mitsubishi Heavy's H3 in addition to the Vulcan and the Ariane 6 — had their debuts between January 2024 and January this year, raising hopes that they could help chip away at SpaceX's dominant position in the industry. However, the new rockets have flown about a dozen times combined. During that same period, SpaceX logged over 100 launches using its Falcon family of rockets. The Ariane 6 is built by the Airbus SE-Safran SA joint venture ArianeGroup and operated by its Arianespace subsidiary. The success of the rocket is particularly important to European countries that are seeking to build up their defense portfolio, including space-based military capabilities. The European Union is also working to build a network of low-Earth orbit satellites that can compete with Musk's Starlink service, a project that will require many rides to orbit. After the Ariane 6's second launch in March, ESA predicted four more flights of the rocket in 2025. Given the uncertainty about the Ariane 6 and its flight cadence, Europe may still need to use SpaceX for launching some of those projects. Already, the shortage of European rockets has led ESA to use SpaceX to launch an asteroid mission and deploy satellites. 'There is a preference to launch on European launchers,' said Sylvie Espinasse, head of ESA's office in Washington. 'But when you have a requirement, you have to make your tradeoff. If you need to, you go elsewhere.'
India Today
a day ago
- India Today
From launch prep to astronaut training: Latest on Isro's Gaganyaan mission
India's ambitious human spaceflight programme is entering a critical new chapter, with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) gearing up to launch the Gaganyaan-1 (G1) mission in December.A senior Isro official has confirmed to that this landmark mission, the first in a series of crucial uncrewed test flights, will spend three days orbiting Earth to rigorously validate all systems and procedures developed for carrying Indian astronauts into G1 mission marks a pivotal moment for India's space programme, as it aims to demonstrate the reliability and safety of the systems engineered for human spaceflight. 'G1 is essential for vetting our technologies in real space conditions. We will be testing life support, navigation, re-entry, and other critical parameters required for safely sending humans into orbit and returning them home,' the official explained. The spacecraft, set to be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, will circle the planet in a low-Earth orbit for approximately three days before making a controlled instruments will gather vital data on how the vehicle copes with the stresses of launch, microgravity, radiation exposure, and atmospheric re-entry—a full dress rehearsal for a future mission with astronauts aboard. This test will simulate a parachute-assisted landing. (Photo: India Today) DROP TEST AHEADAhead of the December launch, Isro is also planning an integrated drop test involving the crew test will simulate a parachute-assisted landing by dropping the module from a designated altitude, further refining recovery operations and ensuring all landing systems function as Isro is yet to announce officially, a Notam has been issued hinting at the possibility of the Crew Module drop test. Gp Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla in space. (Photo: Axiom) ASTRONAUT TRAINING TO RESUMEMeanwhile, the Gaganyaan astronaut training programme is regaining momentum. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, one of the four Indian Air Force officers selected for the historic flight, is expected to return to India this month after completing advanced training with Axiom Space in the four-member crew's training regimen is slated to resume in October, with the Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) in Bengaluru nearing the completion of a state-of-the-art crew training simulator is expected to drastically enhance mission preparedness by replicating launch, orbit, and re-entry scenarios for astronauts. As the December G1 liftoff draws closer, anticipation is mounting both within India's scientific community and among space in these uncrewed test flights will pave the way for the country's first crewed space mission, a milestone that would place India among the select few nations capable of human spaceflight.- EndsMust Watch
