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He has published more than 244 papers in the areas of astronomy, space science and applications.
Delivered 60 Convocation Addresses in various universities of the country and also is the recipient of Honorary Doctorate from 16 universities.
He delivered nearly 309 public and memorial lectures. His recent important lectures include M.N.Saha Memorial lecture of the National Academy of Sciences; J.C.Bose Memorial lecture at the Royal Society of London; Third Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture, New Delhi; K R Narayanan Oration at the Australian National University, Canberra; 28th Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture, Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad; Prof. D.S. Kothari Memorial Lecture at University of Delhi, Delhi; Karnataka Rajyotsava Extension Lecture, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore; First Memorial Lecture of Sir Arthur C. Clarke at the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Colombo. More recently, he was one among the four global personalities and the only Asian to deliver a Keynote Address on 'Potential of Space Technology to serve Humankind: coming 50 years' at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris during the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the launch of Sputnik organized by International Astronautical Federation and UNESCO.
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