India Has Set Bold Goals, says Astronaut Shukla' We Must Deliver'

Interacting with students during the ongoing Goa Book Festival 2026 in Panaji, organised by the National Book



Trust, Shukla, a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force, narrated several anecdotes about his space mission and also the preparations in the run-up to it.

"India has set very bold goals, be it Viksit Bharat by 2047 or space missions. But how can we achieve those? We all have to make it possible," he said, adding that "you all have to assume that responsibility".