Scientists from ISRO, not IITs, lead development of Chandrayaan-3 products from lesser-known engineering institutions.

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Wednesday was a significant day for India and the world as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made history with the soft landing of their spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the surface of the moon. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor highlighted the backgrounds of the exemplary scientists behind the success of this mission.

While the ISRO Chief S Somanath is a graduate of the Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in Kollam, Kerala, at least seven more engineers from the successful team are from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. This is worth applauding, as these engineers are not from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology.

Most of the scientists involved in the mission hail from the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with their respective academics being completed in their home states. P Veeramuthuvel, the Project Director, went to NIT Trichy; S. Unnikrishnan Nair, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, did his Btech from Kerala University;  M Sankaran, Director, U R Rao Satellite Centre, did his Master's in Physics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu; ; Muthayya Vanitha, Deputy Director, UR Rao Satellite Center, did her graduation from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.

Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, did her B. Sc. in Physics from the University of Lucknow and an M. Sc. in Physics from the same institute.

The ISRO released a video on Saturday, showing the Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan navigating the southern part of the Moon's surface. This is a feat that only India has been able to achieve in the history of mankind.

In honour of the success of the mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the names for Moon's landing sites. The sites were renamed "Shiv Shakti Point" for Chandrayaan 3 and "Tiranga Point" for Chandrayaan-2's crash site.

The dedication and hard work of the ISRO scientists and engineers has finally paid off, and India is now recognised as a superpower in the field of space research. It is certainly a momentous occasion for the country, and the world, to celebrate.

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