Böcker av Ajey Lele

On 23 August 2023, India scripted history as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon's South Pole. India became the first and only country to reach this remote lunar region, a milestone that has elevated India to the ranks of the United States (US), Russia and China-the only three other nations that have reached the moon. But these were not the only records Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made that day; it also garnered over 8 million concurrent views of the live moon landing on YouTube, highest ever in the history of the platform. This book offers an overview of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and covers the evolution of India's Moon programme. It traces India's journey to the Moon, starting from its inception during the early 2000s.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a cataclysmic disruption in the 'daily routine' across the nations and sectors. This book attempts to contextualise and examine the nature of the ongoing pandemic, analysing key geopolitical and technological aspects of the crisis.

Debates the issues of strategic materials and their importance for nation-states. The book contextualizes the importance of strategic materials from a national security perspective. This study presents a macro view with regard to India's strategic minerals architecture and undertakes analysis to understand current and future challenges and opportunities in this sector.

Space technologies are critical to a range of human activities, including communication, education, navigation and remote sensing, meteorology disaster management and the military. In order to ensure the safety and security of these assets it is important to establish a mechanism for international cooperation. This book debates a range of issues in regard to this.