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He sent a video message as he could not be present for the 58th annual convocation of the university to receive the honour due to his work-related commitments.
”Let me also accept the degree awarded to me by the Bangalore University as a gesture of their love and affection to each and every scientist and engineer and also the technicians, the workers of the Indian Space Research Organisation who have done such stellar work of making India proud through the missions like Chandrayaan as well as Aditya-L1 in the recent times,” he said in his video message which was played at the convocation ceremony.
Somanath said the space agency is always focused towards bringing the benefits of space technology to the common man.
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”Chandrayaan-3 has showcased such an accomplishment that is possible by the technology developed within this country by our own countrymen. I think it is a great accomplishment definitely for bringing to the limelight the power of India to the world,” Somanath added.