Team ISRO has won the special Indian of the Year 2023 award for Outstanding Achievement. ISRO chairman S Somanath and Chandrayaan-3 project director P Veeramuthuvel received the award from union minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday.
“The whole space sector is now unfurled out in terms of the long-term vision for the next 25 years. This is the support and I can’t ask for more," said Somanath, while thanking the minister as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ISRO had a stellar 2023. The space agency’s lunar craft Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft-landing on the moon, as India made history by becoming the first to land near the lunar south pole.
In another extraordinary feat, ISRO’s Aditya-L1 successfully reached its destination Lagrange Point 1, from where it will be able to continuously watch the sun. ISRO’s focus is now on Gaganyaan, India’s human spaceflight programme.
Currently in its 13th edition, CNN-News18 Indian of the Year is an initiative that recognises Indians who have made significant contributions to various fields and have had a profound impact on the nation. Since its inception in 2006, CNN-News18 Indian of the Year has firmly positioned itself as the biggest awards in the world of news television, celebrated for its unassailable credibility.
Over the years, the Indian of the Year award recipients have included personalities such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, cricket star Virat Kohli, the Indian women’s cricket team, NGO Stop Acid Attacks, Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, music legend AR Rahman, former PM Manmohan Singh, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, star boxer MC Mary Kom, actress Deepika Padukone and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, among others.
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