Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, along with his family members, on Tuesday met Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhavan.
The Indian Air Force Group Captain, who recently returned from a historic space mission to the International Space Station, offered floral tributes to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Raj Bhavan, an official statement said.
On the occasion, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and the City Montessori School (CMS), both in Lucknow, for the dissemination of scientific innovation.
Under this MoU, the benefits of technical expertise, modern curriculum, and state-of-the-art laboratories of the AKTU will be extended to the students and teachers of the CMS and deprived government schools, it said.