When the moment arrived, and Dr Koshy said, "And that's how we did it," the crowd -- CEOs, CTOs, and other such high-achievers all -- broke into raptures and cheered like schoolchildren.
Between the nail-biting presentation and catching up with old classmates, Dr Koshy took time off to speak about how the Indian Space Research Organisation achieved the mission against all odds, putting a man on the moon and how ISRO has overnight become an attractive career option for bright youngsters.
At what stage is the Chandrayaan mission now?
"The mission was launched on October 22 and it went into the correct orbit on November 8. It was initially planned to be functional for 2 years. But till now, the results have been so encouraging that it may even be extended to three years."
"At about the one-year mark, we will take all the data that had been received till then and process it. Now the data that is coming is so voluminous that scientists have a lot to go through and decipher. We will soon have a get together and discuss the data collected."
Image: India's PSLV C-11 takes off carrying India's first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota. | Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
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