Ajey Lele

Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp.Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'Should India join China and Russia’s Lunar Research Station?', has been published in The Space Review' on June 01, 2021.

Nations like India need to take the initiative to ensure fairness in the arena of distribution of planetary resources, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'Chinese rover Zhurong lands on Mars: The meaning of China’s red plant success' has been published in The Financial Express on May 23, 2021.

Next window for visiting Mars would be available during 2022. It is not known if India could be using this window for the second mission to Mars. Let us hope that India would not remain a ‘one mission wonder’ as far as conquering the red planet is concerned, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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Senior Fellow, MP-IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele's article, 'China and Mars Mission Tianwen-1' has been published by the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on May 17, 2021.

The success of Tianwen-1/ Zhurong is not an isolated success for China's space programme, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

China and Mars Mission Tianwen-1 | Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (sspconline.org)

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s book "Quantum Technologies and Military Strategy", has been published by Springer publications

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s commentary ‘India’s foray into the commercial space market’ has been published by The Space Review’ on March 01, 2021.

Countries like India have expertise and infrastructure when it comes to space industry and space economics, but is on the periphery of this movement today. To emerge as a major player in the global space market, India needs to think big, writes Gp. Capt Lele.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s Commentary, ‘Twitter Ban on President Trump: Opportunity for Introspection’ has been published by Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC), on January 12, 2021.

The commentary analyses the business monopoly of social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and others, and their control over global digital content.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘Behind China's Space Ambitions, A Battle For Tech Supremacy’ has been published in Strategic News Global.

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Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s article ‘How ISRO handled the pandemic’ has been published in ‘The Space Review’ on November 09, 2020.

Over the years, ISRO has clearly identified its tasks for social, scientific, strategic, and commercial sectors. The ongoing pandemic could force a reassessment of some of their priorities, but this pause in launches is simply unaffordable. There could be challenges, of course, but still the show must go on, writes Gp. Capt. Lele.

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Senior Fellow Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp. Capt. Ajey Lele’s commentary ‘Artemis Accords: Unilateralization In Space’, co-written with former Policy Analyst, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Shri V. Gopalakrishnan, has been published by Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on October 24, 2020.

The commentary analyses the Artemis Accord signed by the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK) for exploring the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids, together. The in-depth paper intends to deliberate on the political and legal dimensions of the Artemis programme. The program is named Artemis, the Greek goddess of the Moon and twin sister to Apollo. However, besides its cosmic connection, it stands for Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS).

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