Punjab holds live telecast of Chandrayaan for students

CHANDIGARH: Scripting a new success story, Punjab led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has became the first state in the country to organize free tour for the students of the government schools for watching the live launching of the Chandrayaan III from Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) centre, Sriharikota.

Congratulating the students who returned with enthralling experience during their tour to the hub of Indian Space Science program, the chief minister said that the move was aimed at ensuring holistic development of the students by widening their perspective. He said that a batch of 30 students including 15 boys and 15 girls selected from the Schools of Eminence were sent to this trip. Bhagwant Mann said that most of these students had travelled in the airplane for the first time in life adding that the Punjab government had borne the entire expenditure of travelling, boarding and lodging of these students.

The chief minister said that these students and their teachers stayed in the same hotel where the Education minister Harjot Bains, who was accompanying them, had stayed. He said that ISRO will be conducting more space and missile programs on around 13 various projects in coming days in which more students from the state will be sent for up-scaling their knowledge on science and technology. Bhagwant Mann said that as practical plays more important role than theory to enhance the knowledge of students in any field, so these tours will act as a catalyst in grooming the students for

future challenges.

The Chief minister said that it is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that ISRO has evinced keen interest in setting up Space Museum in the state.