Two books will be discussed – India’s Rise as A Space Power by U.R. Rao (New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2014); Reaching for the Stars: India’s Journey to Mars and Beyond by Pallava Bagla and Subhadra Menon (New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2014)

Panelists: Prof. Yashpal, former Chairman UGC; Cmde C. Uday Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation; and Dr. Ajay Lele, Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses

Chair: Dr. Shailash Nayak, Secretary, Dept. of Earth Sciences