ISRO TO SET UP REGIONAL CENTRE AT IIT-BHU

VARANASI : Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will set up its regional academic centre for space (RAC-S) at IITBHU here under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between IIT-BHU and ISRO on Wednesday, to pave the way for advanced research in the future technology of the Indian space programme. The RAC-S will act as a major facilitator for promoting space technology activities in the states of UP, MP and Chhattisgarh.

VARANASI: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will set up its regional academic centre for space (RAC-S) at IITBHU here under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between IIT-BHU and ISRO on Wednesday, to pave the way for advanced research in the future technology of the Indian space programme. On behalf of IIT-BHU, its director prof Pramod Kumar Jain and director, CBPO, ISRO HQ Dr PV Venkatakrishnan on behalf of ISRO virtually signed the MoU. IIT-BHU director prof Jain said that the regional academic centre for space (RAC-S) of ISRO will act as a major facilitator for promoting space technology activities in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. IITBHU will act as a catalyst for capacity building, awareness creation and R&D activities of ISRO. The activities of RAC-S shall be directed to maximize the utilization of research potential, infrastructure, expertise available at ISRO and IIT-BHU.

He further said IIT-BHU will be the leader and project monitor of RAC-S in which institutes of excellence in the field of science and technology in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh will be roped in to participate in various research and development activities. Prof Jain further said that with the help of the RAC-S at IITBHU will leverage research in space science and space technology, space application, agriculture, telecommunications, meteorology and water resources to design developmental models for effective natural resource management. The centre will facilitate short and long-term projects to propel the culture of research and development. Short-term projects for B-Tech and M-Tech students from the institute and associate institutes will also be included in this sequence.