Varanasi, Feb. 1 -- A launch ceremony for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) special issue of Achintya (Artificial Intelligence Special Issue) magazine and the 13th issue of Vigyan Ganga was held on Friday at the Mahamana Hall of the Mahamana Seminar Complex at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The chief guest, Padma Shri AS Kiran Kumar (former ISRO Chairman), highlighted the contributions of Vikram Sarabhai and spoke in detail about India's space journey.

Kiran Kumar said, "After World War II, the space race began between Russia and America. When Russia took the lead, America devised a strategy to overtake it. At that very time, India had only been independent for 10 years, and the country was trying to understand the world. During this per...