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http://expressbuzz.com/cities/banga...isro%E2%80%99s-space-missions/172796.html
BANGALORE: The quality of home-grown electronic components, which are integrated to satellites and launch vehicles, is very poor and hence is hampering the process of indigenisation of the Indian Space programme, said Dr D Narayanamoorthy, senior scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
He was delivering the National Technology Day lecture on Indian Space Endeavour on Tuesday. He said that while the percentage of indigenous components in the launch vehicles was very high, the percentage of indigenous components integrated into spacecrafts was about 50 per cent. This, he said, was despite the very poor quality of home-grown electronic components.
He added that in order to encourage young scientists, ISRO was conducting a threemonth Induction Training Programme that will train around 150 students of various universities.
He said the enthusiasm of students to take a career in space was very high as they had already developed small satellites.
“The Chandrayaan-1 project has aroused a lot of interest and the Chandrayaan-2 mission is expected to attract more youngsters,” he said.
Development of semi-cryogenic technology and reusable launch vehicles were the future programmes of ISRO, he added.
Celebrating technology
The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) celebrated National Technology Day at its premises in the city on Tuesday.
On the occasion, the department organised expert lecture programme, followed by talks from young scientists.
Prof G V Kulkarni of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, who was the chief guest, spoke on the recent developments in Nanotechnology.
He said even a small innovation made at a lab in this field would lead to a major breakthrough in technology for mankind.
Dr SK Patel, scientist who was also present at the event, spoke on the “Structural Design Analysis of Aero-Engine Components for qualification & development of allied technologies”.