Ajey Lele

India and France must now develop a joint marketing strategy for satellite launches and also concentrate on the joint design and development of satellites for smaller developing countries.

• Published: October 14, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China’s development of a space station is not only for the purpose of scientific experimentation but also to showcase its technological and economic strength.

• Published: October 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Chemical science has a direct relationship with human life. In order to celebrate the value of chemistry, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2011 as the ‘International Year of Chemistry’. Various bodies of the UN including UNESCO and other organisations like the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have been entrusted with popularising the science of chemistry.

• Published: September 2011
• Strategic Analysis

China’s launch of Pakistan’s first communications satellite demonstrates a deepening of their technological cooperation.

• Published: August 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The history of the use of biological agents by non-state actors indicates that radical groups, religious fanatics and even disgruntled scientists have engaged in bioterrorism

• Published: August 02, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The larger issue which the GSAT-12 launch brings to the fore is that of the mounting demand for satellite transponders and India’s capabilities in this regard.

• Published: July 19, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The US is stopping the shuttle programme by design and not for want of technology or money; nor does discontinuing the space shuttle indicate that the US has lost the space race.

• Published: July 13, 2011
• IDSA Comments

While the GSAT-8 has been successfully launched, the future of the GSLV programme continues to be under a cloud after the twin failures in 2010.

• Published: May 25, 2011
• IDSA Comments

With the successful sixteenth flight of the PSLV-C16, the “feel good” factor has returned to ISRO which was buffeted by failures and controversy over the last year.

• Published: April 25, 2011
• IDSA Comments

On the 50th anniversary of Gagarin’s space flight, the space scenario appears to be at a crossroads. Because of the economic and other geopolitical compulsions, major powers are found trading cautiously.

• Published: April 20, 2011
• IDSA Comments