Bangalore: India’s first Space University takes wings in August
Indias first space university is all set to take wings next month seeking to groom tailor-made experts to fuel the countrys satellite and rocket programmes.
August middle is our target, said G Madhavan Nair, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, which is setting up the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and expected to meet the high technology requirements of ISRO.
It would initially operate from the campus of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thiruvananthapuram, a lead centre of ISRO, which will create a full-fledged infrastructure for IIST on a picturesque site in Ponmudi near the Kerala state capital in about two years.