Chandrayaan 3: Khandu hails ISRO scientists who are NERIST’s alumni

ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has congratulated two former students of Itanagar-based North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), who were part of the ISRO team that conducted India’s successful Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3. Pankaj Nath, a 1990 batch student of the institute, was a member of the ISRO team that designed the landing propulsion of Chandrayaan-3. Another former NERIST student of the same batch, Subrata Chakrabarty, is also a member of the ISRO team and designs and develops spacecraft valves. So proud of Pankaj Nath, an ISRO scientist and one of the brilliant brains behind designing the landing propulsion of Chandrayaan 3. Nath had completed his B.Tech and M.Tech from NERIST in 1990, the chief minister said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

NERIST is a deemed university under the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. I am equally elated about another NERIST passout, Subrata Chakrabarty, 1990-batch, for making invaluable contributions to this ambitious project... Let us maintain the excellence of our prestigious institution, the chief minister added. On August 23, India made history with Chandrayaan 3, becoming the first to land at the uncharted south pole of the Earth’s only natural satellite.

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