New Delhi, April 14 -- India's remarkable achievements in the space programme were possible due to the clear vision of the founders and continuous political and policy support, former Nasscom chairman Kiran Karnik said here.
Karnik, who also had a two-decade stint with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said India's space programme had humble beginnings in the 1960s and it now ranks among the leading space-faring nations of the world.
Karnik made these remarks at a function to release the book 'Space: The India Story', written by science journalist and author Dr Dinesh C Sharma.
The book was released on Saturday by Karnik and Arun Maira, a former member of the Planning Commission here.
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