On 25th October, my 5 years dream of bringing an Indian Scientist before our children born and brought up in Hong Kong (to make them feel proud of being an Indian), came true. Padma Shri Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, immediate past Director of Indian Space Research Organisation came to Hong Kong to participate in 4 events. He presented the Indian Space acheivements (Chandrayaan - Moon orbiter projects and Magalyaan - Mars Orbiter) very well during Children Cultural Group Event to celebrate Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and CCG-CIBS Day, during the visit to YIFC Tamil Classes and during the dinner meeting with Forum for Indian Professionals HK. More than 400 people who attended these sessions were mesmirised to know about great achievements of India in Space Exploration.
I was literally awestruck during the meet up with Laboratory of Space Research professors of Univeristy of Hong Kong on October 29th. I came to know about the Indian Institute of Space Technology (IIST) in Trivandrum (Deemed University to study only about SPACE) and its tie up with the most prestigious educational institute in USA, Cal Tech. The next heartening outcome was to know the interest of HKU to collaborate with IIST at students, teachers and research level. We saw the life model of the satellite designed at HKU that is planned to be launched in the coming years from China.
Thanks to our renowned guest Dr. Annadurai accepting our invitation (invite from small potatoes) and presenting Indian space achievements to our simple audience.
Grateful to God for making my dream come true. Also for my chase towards this dream, bearing fruitful result.
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