Ajey Lele

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA. Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘Celebrity guinea pigs: Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going to Space’ has been published in Financial Express on July 09, 2021.

Space Travel has always been a fantasy for humans. At present, space industry entrepreneurs are investing much towards fulfilling this dream. Sir Richard Branson and Mr. Jeff Bezosneeds to be complimented for showing the courage to lead by example for the sake of demonstrating the capabilities of their respective companies in particular and popularising space tourism in general, says Gp. Capt Lele.

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• Published: 9 July, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘World Asteroid Day: Everything you need to know about wandering celestial objects’ has been published in Financial Express on June 30, 2021.

Asteroid Day is not only for raising the awareness about asteroids but also is a day, when humans need to take a pause and think about what can be done to protect the Earth from any possible asteroid strike, says Gp. Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 30 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘Shenzhou 12 space station: China’s heavenly palace’ has been published in Financial Express on June 21, 2021.

China has added another ‘feather in the cap’, when on 17 June 2021, three Chinese astronauts (taikonauts) entered the made in China Space Station (CSS), writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 21 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's commentary 'Allopathy and Ayurveda: Need for an Informed Debate', has been published by the Society for the Study for Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on June 03, 2021.

Undeniably, at this point, to save human lives, allopathy is a necessary form of medication available. This is the time to have an informed debate on this issue and expose the people who deviously use India’s cultural ethos and traditional Indian medicinal system to suit their agenda, writes Gp.Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 3 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'Allopathy-Ayurveda Debate: Allow Science to grow scientifically', has been published in The Financial Express on June 1, 2021.

The Allopathy-Ayurveda debate teaches us that having knowledge of history and getting stuck in history are two different things. It is important not to burden India’s scientific community with the baggage of our past unnecessarily, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 1 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp.Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'Should India join China and Russia’s Lunar Research Station?', has been published in The Space Review' on June 01, 2021.

Nations like India need to take the initiative to ensure fairness in the arena of distribution of planetary resources, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 1 June, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'Chinese rover Zhurong lands on Mars: The meaning of China’s red plant success' has been published in The Financial Express on May 23, 2021.

Next window for visiting Mars would be available during 2022. It is not known if India could be using this window for the second mission to Mars. Let us hope that India would not remain a ‘one mission wonder’ as far as conquering the red planet is concerned, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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• Published: 23 May, 2021

Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'China and Mars Mission Tianwen-1' has been published by the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on May 17, 2021.

The success of Tianwen-1/ Zhurong is not an isolated success for China's space programme, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

China and Mars Mission Tianwen-1 | Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (sspconline.org)

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• Published: 17 May, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s book "Quantum Technologies and Military Strategy", has been published by Springer publications

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• Published: 7 May, 2021

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s commentary ‘India’s foray into the commercial space market’ has been published by The Space Review’ on March 01, 2021.

Countries like India have expertise and infrastructure when it comes to space industry and space economics, but is on the periphery of this movement today. To emerge as a major player in the global space market, India needs to think big, writes Gp. Capt Lele.

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• Published: 2 March, 2021