Draft:Ajit Krishnan

Ajit Krishnan
Ajit Krishnan
	Ajit in 2024
Born	19 April 1982 (age 42); Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Test pilot
Awards	Sword of Honour; President's Gold Medal
	Space career
Astronaut candidate
Selection	2019
Military career
Status	Retired
Allegiance	India
Service / branch	Indian Air Force
Rank	Group Captain
Alma mater	National Defence Academy; Air Force Academy

Submission declined on 15 August 2024 by DoubleGrazing (talk).

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Declined by DoubleGrazing 3 months ago. Last edited by DoubleGrazing 3 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Passing mentions don't establish notability per WP:GNG. I expect there may well be more and better sources available?
Also, please ensure that the draft is sufficiently supported, with every material statement, anything potentially contentious, and all private personal details clearly supported by inline citations to reliable published sources. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:35, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Ajit Krishnan is a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force and one of the four ISRO astronaut candidates who will fly to space as part of India's first crewed flights into space.^[1]^[2]

Air Force career

Ajit is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He completed his NDA course in 2002 and received the 'Sword of Honour' at the Air Force Academy.

Ajit is a test pilot with 2,900 hours of flying experience. He has flown various fighter aircraft including the Sukhoi 30, various MiG aircraft, the Jaguar combat aircraft, the Hawk trainer aircraft, the Dornier transport aircraft, and also the Antonov An-32 military transport aircraft.^[3]

Selection as an astronaut

Ajit was included in the astronaut selection process in 2019 by the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM), an organization under the Indian Air Force. Later, he was shortlisted in the final four by IAM and ISRO. In 2020, He went to Russia for basic training with three other selected astronauts . Basic training was completed in 2021. He then returned to India and attended training at the Astronaut Training Facility in Bangalore.^[2]

His name as a member of the astronaut team was first officially announced in public on 27 February 2024, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the names of the astronaut team members for India's first space mission at ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.^[2]^[4]

References

^ Pandey, Geeta (27 February 2024). "Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight". bbc.com. BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kumar, Chethan. "Nair, Prathap, Krishnan and Chauhan listed for Gaganyaan mission". The Timesof India. Bengaluru: Times Group. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
^ Vasudevan Mukunth (3 March 2024). "Gaganyaan astronauts:The chosen four". thehindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Kerala celebrates as local son Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair gears up for Gaganyaan space mission". The Telegraph. Palakkad. ABP. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

Category:Living people

Category:1982 births Category:Indian Air Force officers Category:Indian astronauts Category:Astronaut candidates Category:Indian military aviators Category:Space programme of India

[1] Pandey, Geeta (27 February 2024). "Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight". bbc.com. BBC News. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[timesofindia1-2] Kumar, Chethan. "Nair, Prathap, Krishnan and Chauhan listed for Gaganyaan mission". The Timesof India. Bengaluru: Times Group. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[3] Vasudevan Mukunth (3 March 2024). "Gaganyaan astronauts:The chosen four". thehindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[telegraphindia-4] "Kerala celebrates as local son Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair gears up for Gaganyaan space mission". The Telegraph. Palakkad. ABP. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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