Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath on Friday said that self-reliance doesn’t mean that we do everything ourselves.
Delivering the inaugural address in the Department of Space programme on Self-reliance in Space Technology, Mr. Somanath said, “Indian space story is a story of atmanirbhartha (self-reliance), promoting atmanirbhartha. I would like to look at this word once again more carefully. What exactly do you mean by atmanirbhartha? I believe that it is nothing but if we want to do something we are not denied the possibility of doing it. It is simple like that. So, it doesn’t mean that you do everything by yourself. I think that meaning is not there”.
Mr. Somanath added that in a world which is getting more connected and inclusive we cannot take such a stand that we are going to do everything ourselves and be in a closed society.
