Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation on the 133th episode of the radio talk-show Mann ki Baat . Modi covered a wide range of topics during the show, and spoke to the founders of a Bengaluru-based space tech start-up. Here are the top highlights from the Prime Minister's national address on Mann ki Baat Candid conversation with GalaxEye founders: PM Modi spoke to the five-founding members of Bengaluru-based start-up GalaxEye.
The founders of this emerging start-up are all alumnis of the Indian Institue of Technology, Madras. Modi heard the insights on what the start-up is based on, and how it helps work towards developing India's space tehcnology with the help of industry experts from ISRO and other institutes, from the IITians. I had the opportunity to go to IIT Madras last year, on the occassion of the institution's annual convocation ceremony.
IITs are undoutedly one of the most prominent educational institutes in the country, and it is good to see that such talented individuals are emerging from there, Modi stated. Indian youth is now working in India instead of moving aborad for higher education, and emerging as young entreprenuers in different fields, and to see them shine specifically in space and sciences is a vision, agreed Modi as he heard what the GalaxEye On 23rd August, the nation marked the first National Space Day, celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3. Last year, on this day, Chandrayaan-3 had made a successful landing on the southern .