Among the scientists who are part of this historic mission, Indian-American @DrSwatiMohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing system for the rover - associated with the @NASAPersevere .Also worked on NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn.
#CountdownToMars
CONGRATULATION! JNCASR team.
@IncubatorIITK conceived Mission Bharat O2. What we did in the project:
1a. We created a platform with experts like @RajendranArvind, Prof. Subrahmanyam of @IITHyderabad, Prof. Malay Das, Prof. Samit Roy Chaudhuri of @IITKanpur;
C K Kao was awarded the 2009 Nobel for physics for his work on fibre optics. Exactly 12 years before,an Indian scientist demonstrated for the first time the transmission of images over a bundle of optic fibres. Meet the ‘Father of Fibre Optics’ - Dr Narinder Singh Kapany #Physics
Tessy Thomas, known as the 'Missile Woman' of India is the Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in DRDO. She is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India.
#WomenInSTEM#WomenInScience
Homi J Bhabha was the first to do a proper quantum theoretic calculation of the process of electron-positron annihilation and creation using Paul Dirac’s theory. Known as the Bhabha Scattering, is even today used as a luminosity monitor in electron-positron collider #Physics
‘Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.’
— Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
At the center of this 2021 Hubble image, processed by Judy Schmidt, sits AG Carinae, a supergiant star located about 20,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Carina.
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Narinder Singh Kapany - ‘Father of Fibre Optics’, scientist’s glorifying discovery of communication. Kapany was the first to transmit images through fiber optics back in 1954 and laid the foundation for high speed internet technology. Has got 100 patents!
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Shankar Abaji Bhisey is most recognised for his iconic Bhisotype, a type-casting machine that revolutionised the printing industry. In one minute, the machine could cast and assemble 1200 different types automatically.He had 200 inventions and 40 patents to his name!
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