Abstract: Technologies have always played an important role in wars and India has always lacked in war technologies in the past, but operation Sindoor is an exception. How come India brought Pakistan to their knees within two nights of offensive (nights May 8/9 and 9/10), asking international community for a cease fire? The answer lies in our superior technologies in many areas. There are many scientists who are responsible (individually or as a group) for these technologies. The talk will focus on these unsung heroes, whose names will never be recorded in history.
There are many other aspects of this operation, like why it was abruptly paused, will this help in the long run-in solving Kashmir/Pakistan problem, will Baluchistan become a new nation, is Yunus focus on chicken neck is just a bluff? Let these be discussed on some other occasions.
About the speaker: Dr. Prem Shanker Goel is a distinguished Indian space scientist, former Secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, and a former Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC). He was Chairman of the Earth Commission. He is fellow of several professional bodies, including the International Academy of Astronautics, Paris, INAE, INSA, IASc NASI and Third World Academy. He was President of Indian National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Goel is credited with the development of Attitude Control System for Bhaskara, APPLE, IRS, INSAT-2 series of satellites. He has over 100 scientific publications to his credit and is the author of the book Making of a Satellite Centre: The Genesis of ISRO's URSC, published by Springer Nature. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Special Achievement Award for the Aryabhata Project, the ASI Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aeronautical Society of India, and the ISRO Distinguished Scientist Award. In 2001, the Government of India recognized his outstanding contributions to science and technology by conferring upon him the Padma Shri, the country’s fourth-highest civilian honour.