Sona’s space connect

Sona Mohapatra has been invited by France based space agency Ariane to be present for the ISRO launch. The singer has been invited to the launch of an Indian satellite in Paris to provide an Indian perspective in the event and to help garner interest for space studies in India as a youth influencer.

While 2020 posed new opportunities for everyone, for Sona Mohapatra the year kick-started with going back to her academic roots. She’s been a brilliant science student. At the event, she will be joined by US-based television presenter Sarah Cruddas and Athena Brensberger, an astro-physicist amongst others.

An ecstatic Sona shares, “My childhood fascination for space is well known in my close circles. My father has a profound connection with the stars, being a navigation specialist on Astro and with radar navigation in the Indian Navy. He used to sit us three sisters down in the lawn and make us stare into the sky and do a ‘star quiz’. While I studied to be an engineer, I eventually found my calling in music. That hasn’t diminished my fascination for space. This opportunity thrills me to bits. Knowing that the success of a show like the Big Bang Theory has made kids all around the world interested in science, I feel fortunate that I will be able to contribute through my participation in a small way.”