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The science beyond borders
Updated On: 06 March, 2021 09:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Dalreen Ramos
A new initiative s the history of Indo-French scientific and technological partnership between the 15th and 20th century
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Jacques Blamont and Vikram Sarabhai (right) at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in 1962. Pic courtesy/Cnes
During the era of the Cold War, between the 1940s and the ’80s, India was just moving away from its colonial identity and maintained strong control over international partnerships. At that time of instability, France was the only country that came close to India — from being a science partner to a strategic partner,” Pranav Sharma shares. It’s a fact that fascinated the astronomer and science historian enough to make it the focus of a new portal.
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