INDIA-RUSSIA SPACE DIALOGUE

The first edition of the India Russia Space Dialogue 2023 was organized by Russian House New Delhi and Aviakul Private Limited with the aim to revisit the historic milestones in the cooperation journey of the two nations, identify key moments, analyse the learnings from this bilateral cooperation and chart out the future roadmap of collaboration on various avenues in this current geopolitical scenario

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The event specifically looked back at the milestone human spaceflights of Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go in space on April 12, 1961 as well as that of Wg. Cmdr Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go in space on April 3, 1984.

Ekaterina Malysheva, the granddaughter of the Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Malysheva who went into space with Wing Cmdr. Rakesh Sharma as the spacecraft's commander shared her memories, insights and valuable anecdotes from Yuri Malysheva's life. She shared unseen images of her grandfather and the workings of the Russian space agency. Through the images she familiarized the attendees and specially the students about the cosmonaut training process.

In his keynote address, Dr. N. Suddheer Kumar, Director, Capacity Building & Public Outreach (CBPO), ISRO virtually presented a brief overview of the IndoRussian collaboration since the beginning. He mentioned Vikram Sarabhai's contribution in the Indian space program as well as the partnership between ISRO and ROSCOSMOS in launching of various satellites, Navic, cooperation for Gaganyaan, cryogenic technology stage, etc.