PM in Guwahati,

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh being presented a memento by the Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, Shri Pranab Kumar at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Assam Legislative Assembly, in Guwahati, Assam on April 20, 2012. The Governor of Assam, Shri J.B. Patnaik and the Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi are also seen. (PIB photo)  20-April-2012

India launches New Generation Strategic Missile AGNI-V

AGNI-V (A-5) successfully flight tested today

India successfully flight-tested the Long Range Ballistic Missile (LRBM) Agni-V (A-5) 
from wheeler’s island, in Odisha on April 19, 2012.   (PIB photo)   19-April-2012

Setting a new milestone in the country’s Integrated Missile Development Programme, India’s maiden Long Range Ballistic Missile (LRBM) AGNI-V (A-5) was successfully flight tested today. 

The flawless auto-launch of the missile started at 08:04 hours. Piercing the thin cloud cover, the missile took off from the launch pad at Wheeler’s Island in Odisha at 08:07 hours and started rising exactly the way it was designed for. The missile, with a range of more than 5000 kms, followed the entire trajectory in copybook style perfection as the three stages of Propulsion dropped and fell at appropriate intervals into the Bay of Bengal. The three propulsion stages, developed completely indigenously by DRDO, performed exactly the way they were intended to. The indigenously developed Composite Rocket Motors performed well, signifying the country’s stride and complete self-reliance in this complex propulsion technology. 

Ships located in midrange and at the target point tracked the Vehicle and witnessed the final event. Radars and electro-optical systems along the path monitored in real time all the parameters of the Missile. 

A number of new technologies developed indigenously were successfully tested in this A-5 Mission. The redundant Navigation systems, very high accuracy Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and the most modern and accurate Micro Navigation System (MINS) ensured the Missile reach the target point within few meters of accuracy. The high speed onboard computer and fault tolerant software along with robust and reliable bus guided the Missile flawlessly. 

The Vice-President Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Defence Minister Shri AK Antony and National Security Advisor (NSA) Shri Shiv Shankar Menon have hailed the launch of the Agni-V. Dr Singh and Shri Antony spoke to DRDO chief Dr VK Saraswat and Programme Director Shri Avinash Chander and greeted the DRDO Scientists on the A-5 success. Air Marshal K.J. Mathews, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command (C-in-C, SFC), who witnessed the launch, said that the success of Agni-V is a historic event for India. Dr V.G. Sekaran, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Dr S.K. Chaudhari, Director, Research Centre IMARAT (RCI), Shri A.K. Chakrabarti, Director, Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Shri S.P. Dash, Director, Interim Test Range (ITR), Shri Guruprasad, Director, Research & Development Engineers (R&DE Engineers, Pune) were present during the launch operations. Shri R.K. Gupta, Project Director guided the team of Scientists and employees of DRDO during the launch activities. (PIB) 19-April-2012 16:15 IST

Election to the Punjabi Sahit Academy

Mrs.Gurcharan Kocher honored by BJGVJ
The Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha (BJGVJ), Ludhiana in a meeting honoured Mrs.Gurcharan Kocher for her election to the Punjabi Sahit  Academy with record margin of votes. Maj.Sher Singh Aulukh – President of the Jatha said that she is a versatile personality working for the social cause. She is not only an acclaimed writer but also a crusader for the rights of women for gender equality. Dr Arun Mitra – General Secretary said that her contributions for the cause of sustainable development, promotion of healthy environment, equality of women and for socio economic equity and justice are reflected in her writings and day to day practices in real life.
Others present on the occasion
 include  Sh.Krishan Lal Malik, Dr.Rajinder Pal Aulukh, and Dr.Gurpreet Singh-Finance Secretary honoured Mrs.Gurcharan Kochar. 
The BJGVJ will soon organize a seminar on Clean Energy options & nuclear safety. World Environment Day will celebrate in June.
   
Maj. Sher Singh Aulukh
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