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Chandrayaan and what it means for India's brain drain

Chandrayaan and what it means for India's brain drain

Astrophysicist and university vice-chancellor Somak Raychaudhury outlines the significance of the Chandryaan-3 lunar mission.

Working Scientist · Nature Publishing Group

December 14, 202326m 36s

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Show Notes

In August the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down, making India only the fourth to have successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. In this special episode of the Working Scientist podcast, Somak Raychaudhuryan astrophysicist and vice-chancellor at Ashoka University, tells Jack Leeming about India’s history of space research, the significance of the lunar landing, and how it might help to stem a “brain drain” of Indian researchers moving abroad permanently to develop their careers. 


The episode is part of the Nature Spotlight on India, an editorially-independent supplement.


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