Pune, May 3 -- Army Public School (APS), Pune, hosted a momentous session as Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla, Ashok Chakra awardee and a key figure in India's human spaceflight program, interacted with students and faculty.

The visit aimed to foster a spirit of national pride and ignite interest in the fields of defence services and space exploration.

Addressing a packed auditorium of motivated students, Group Captain Shukla detailed his professional evolution, a journey that began within the disciplined walls of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and ascended to the prestigious ranks of the IAF.

He shared poignant anecdotes from his flight career, emphasising that the transition from a fighter pilot to an astronaut was paved with "unwa...