In 1997, this man was the ABVP National Secretary and was just about to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. There was a paper leak in Odisha and there was a major protest. This man participated in them. He was beaten by the police.
"We staged a protest against the Odisha government, in front of the secretariat. Around 1,500 students joined us there. While the protest was peaceful, the police charged against the activists. He was badly beaten up at that time. He had a few fractures too."
Who is he? Mr Dharmendra Pradhan. Imagine that Dharmendra Pradhan was protesting against paper leaks in 1997 and was beaten!
There is an amazing Indian Express article about him. Linked below. The irony? One of the interviewees says:
"under Pradhan's regime, the students will have more scope for dissent. "It is natural for students to be anti-establishment."
Signed by the people who built it. 🚀
Every signature on Vikram-1 belongs to an engineer, technician, or teammate who helped make this mission possible.
Now, they’re all headed to space aboard Mission Aagaman.
#Vikram1#MissionAagaman
24 hours to lift-off. 🚀
Eight years ago, @SkyrootA started with just two people with an idea.
There was no policy framework for private spaceflight in India, no real funding ecosystem for space startups, and we were taking on one of the world’s hardest engineering challenges. The odds of success seemed incredibly small.
Today, India’s first privately developed orbital rocket stands on the launch pad, ready for lift-off.
This moment belongs to every member of our team, our investors, the Government of India,@PMOIndia, @isro, @INSPACeIND, our partners, suppliers, customers, and everyone who believed in us long before this day.
We have done everything we possibly could.
Now we let physics do its job.
Whatever tomorrow brings, every second of flight will teach us something invaluable. Reaching the launch pad and attempting an orbital launch is a landmark milestone for India—and an achievement only a handful of companies worldwide have reached. Every milestone we cross will advance not just Skyroot or India’s space journey, but the global commercial space ecosystem.
Tomorrow, we take the next step. 🇮🇳🚀
I discovered two major biometric vulnerabilities
1. my twin brother can easily face unlock my @motorolaindia phone
2. in @lenskart app it maps our faces as the exact same person when we try on glasses
Turns out, most consumer tech and shopping apps rely on 2D surface mapping