Even as there are celebrations across the country for India’s successful launch of Chandrayan 2 on July 22, Odisha has also contributed in the lunar mission as a scientist from the State was behind the ambitious project.
Shyamal Kumar Kanungo is credited with executing the project along with his team members. He is working as a senior member of the Control Team of Chandrayan 2 mission at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He said the team is all prepared for the spacecraft’s successful landing on the Moon’s surface in September.
Born in Rourkela, 53-year-old Kanungo joined the ISRO following his MTech degree from the IIT Kharagpur and BSc in Chemistry from the Sambalpur University.
He was also part of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as Mangalayan, launched by the ISRO on November 5, 2013.
He was inducted into the Chandrayan 2 team for his previous experience in the mission to Mars.