This episode came as a breath of fresh air (with a lot of background shaadiwala noise), the soft spoken Chairman of ISRO is a “rare to air” guest. I was happy that all the questions about big ticket projects were asked though a bit puzzled that neither Shekhar Sir nor Manu asked Mr. Kiran Kumar if ISRO was looking into developing or has developed a low tech on ground Civilian Offshoots Division where high tech projects can be assimilated into general public’s daily life. Like DARPA-NET is now Internet, Mobile telephony etc. Like batteries developed for satellites could be developed or manufactured and provided to remote villages where electricity transmission is a challenge. Another question also could have been about how much stress did the increase in digital transactions post demonetisation put on India’s satellite data transfer & connectivity.
This episode came as a breath of fresh air (with a lot of background shaadiwala noise), the soft spoken Chairman of ISRO is a “rare to air” guest. I was happy that all the questions about big ticket projects were asked though a bit puzzled that neither Shekhar Sir nor Manu asked Mr. Kiran Kumar if ISRO was looking into developing or has developed a low tech on ground Civilian Offshoots Division where high tech projects can be assimilated into general public’s daily life. Like DARPA-NET is now Internet, Mobile telephony etc. Like batteries developed for satellites could be developed or manufactured and provided to remote villages where electricity transmission is a challenge. Another question also could have been about how much stress did the increase in digital transactions post demonetisation put on India’s satellite data transfer & connectivity.
Many Thanks