All are praising the team of scientists and engineers working in the country’s space agency ISRO after they handled several important responsibilities behind the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Coincidently, one of the scientists Nityananda Sahoo from Jagatsinghpur district was a team member of the mission.
Sahoo is a resident of Korkora village under Raghunathpur block, who completed his primary education at a village school and did his Matriculation from Purnachandra Vidya Mandir, Raghunathpur. After completing Plus II Science, he joined IIT Kharagpur pursuing engineering. Later, he joined ISRO as a scientist and has been working with the premier space agency for the last 15 years.
Sahoo's parents Gopal Chandra Sahoo and Taramani Sahoo said, “We are happy that India’s spacecraft successfully made a soft landing on the moon on August 23. We feel happy that our son was a member of the mission.”
Meanwhile, Sahoo’s family has been receiving accolades from different parts of Jagatsinghpur district. Aam Odisha Paribar and a few organizations have greeted the scientist and his parents.