Sekhar: Aswin

His work on Venus highlights another facet of his personality: rigorous skepticism married to open wonder. He believes Venus is an under-studied world and has called for a new fleet of atmospheric probes. "Mars gets all the rovers," he jokes in interviews, "but Venus might have floating microbial cities in its temperate cloud layer. We need to look there with an open mind—but also a sharp scalpel for our data."

: He specializes in meteoroid stream dynamics , calculating the orbits of asteroids and comets to assess risks to Earth and orbiting satellites. aswin sekhar

: This placed him in an elite list of Indian astronomers and visionaries to have celestial bodies named after them, joining legendary names like Aryabhatta and Vainu Bappu. ✍️ Public Advocacy & Science Communication His work on Venus highlights another facet of