Ajey Lele

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘What’s shaping space race 2.0—minerals on Moon, human colonies, Helium-3’ has been published in ‘The Print’ on 13...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s Commentary ‘Artemis II: A New Era of Human Deep-Space Exploration and Strategic Competition’ has been published in Society for...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Artemis II: A Successful Human Mission to the Lunar Region’ has been published in Taaza Khabar News in...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s chapter ‘India and Biorisks’ has been published in December 2025 edition of UNODA Occasional Paper No 46 ‘The Biological...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘New Space Race: Artemis II and the US-China Rivalry Over the Moon’ has been published in ‘The Wire’...

The broader goal of the Artemis programme is to establish human settlements on the lunar surface while laying the foundation for future deep-space exploration.

• Ajey Lele |
• April 02, 2026 |
• IDSA Comments

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘NavIC: India’s “jinxed” navigational program, or a cornerstone of India’s misplaced space priorities?’ has been published in ‘The...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Anthropic and AI’s Oppenheimer Moment: How Israel-US Are Blurring Ethical Lines in Iran War’ has been published in...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s commentary ‘Iran War and the Silence of the Lambs!’ has been published in Society for the Study of Peace...

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘AI Impact Summit 2026: India's Gains on Stage and the Questions Offstage’ has been published in ‘The Wire’...