Kasturirangan also served as secy of Dept of Space and was pioneer of India’s remote sensing satellites. He passed away at 10.43 am at his home in Bengaluru after a prolonged illness.
After Wayanad landslides, Centre's looking at issue of notifying ecologically sensitive areas in Western Ghats again. K Kasturirangan recommends Centre look at report by a panel led by him.
Described as ‘apolitical’ and ‘focused on academics’, Kasturirangan is the mind behind the National Education Policy 2020. He is now heading panel for new curriculum framework.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
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