Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Education Qualification: Coming after 41 years, India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will visit the International Space Station for 14 days. This day came after a successful space flight by Rakesh Sharma. Many Indian students will now take inspiration from Shubhanshu Shukla and might aim to follow him.
After completing his schooling at City Montessori School (CMS), Aliganj Campus, in Lucknow, Shubhanshu Shukla was deeply inspired by the Kargil War in 1998. Without letting his parents know the plan, Shukla prepared and applied for the Union Public Service Commission’s NDA and cracked the exam. As mentioned on his school’s website, Shubhanshu Shukla completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the National Defence Academy in 2005.
He also did flying training at the Indian Air Force Academy, eventually getting commissioned into the fighter stream in 2006. His education journey does not stop at a bachelor’s, he went on to pursue MTech in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s space journey began in 2019 when he was selected for India’s Gaganyaan Mission. He underwent intensive training at Russia’s Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, completing it in 2021. Shukla further honed his skills at the Astronaut Training Facility in Bangalore.
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has secured the top position in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Rankings 2025, released on April 23. IISc is ranked 38th in the list. The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2025 reveals Asia’s top research universities.
In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, IISc Bengaluru has been placed at the top among the best research institutes. Even under the universities category, IISc topped. For the last three consecutive years, IISc has held the spot under the university category. Additionally, in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2025, IISc secured a spot in the world’s top 100 institutions offering computer science.
For the first time, an Indian institution has secured a place (99th rank) among the elite top 100 universities. In the ranking released last year, IISc led Indian universities by achieving a slot in the 251-300 band.
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