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ISRO gyaan

The number of people giving in gyan on ISRO on a particular social media platform is more than the number of employees at ISRO itself. 

Some of these worthies have the distinction of passing by ISRO (I also do), of giving a speech at ISRO, spotting a satellite in the sky or just the liberty of a platform to post whatever they feel like. So there are now leadershp principles of ISRO (not documented by ISRO) or how it is the second string of colleges that send people to ISRO (they have their own exam to enter - it is not random - it is that tier 1 students choose other opportunities). Many of these are surmises and guesswork and have much more to it than meets the eye. 

One of my problems with sharing examples like this during training is that this is not a first hand experience. It is a view post event with the clarity of being disconnected. And this is true for both successes and failures. Hindsight is 20-20. And sitting outside it is easy to comment - they should have tried X instead of Y. Or that these are the 23 principles that lead to their success. The fact is that you have no clue, unless you were in the driving seat or thereabouts. 

Well, I ordered 3 ISRO branded t-shirts to celebrate Chandrayaan 3. Why not celebrate ISRO the way we celebrate NASA. (more on this later)

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