Mars mission: ISRO boosts many nations to follow suit, says ISRO chief

[HariPrasad]

Mars mission: ISRO boosts many nations to follow suit, says ISRO chief
Published August 21, 2015 | By admin
SOURCE: EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

Buoyed by the successful Mars mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), many nations are now approaching it wanting to stem their own Mars mission, including S Korea and the UAE, said AS Kirankumar, Chairman of ISRO in the city on Thursday.

Incidentally ISRO also had plans to launch the first SAARC satellite for the region by the end of next year “Lots of countries, including Korea and one of the Gulf countries, have showed interest in deep space exploration and want to start their own Mars mission. A team from Korea came last week and met the scientists here and they are looking at help from us.

More countries are approaching us after the completion of our Mars Mission to understand how things can be done. With regards to our plans of launching the first SAARC satellite, we have met (representatives) of all nations in June this year and through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) have provided them specific aspects on use of slots on frequencies and the work is in progress,” said A S Kirankumar, who currently holds the post of Secretary, Department of Space and is the Director of the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad. Kirankumar will inaugurate SAC’s 40 year celebration of SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) programme which was flagged off in 1975, on Friday. The scientist hailed the ‘techno-social’ programme as an important one, which convinced the Indian government of the importance of space technology in communication.

 

[SR-91]

This is the time to make money, don't help them launch their mission instead launch it for them. Charge them at least 40-50 million dollars + cost. No one can offer to do it cheaper.

 

[Max Pain]

how did you guys get the Brains to Make such highly advanced Rockets,
Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

 

[Srinivas]

how did you guys get the Brains to Make such highly advanced Rockets,
Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

India's space program is almost 50 years old, technologies are developed over a time, Plus some help from Russia and the West.

 

[Max Pain]

The India's space program is almost 50 years old, technologies are developed over a time, Plus some help from Russia and the West.

oh, cool !

 

[manishmaithani]

how did you guys get the Brains to Make such highly advanced Rockets,
Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

Yes IIT offers the courses but we have a specialized university for space technology related courses
Home : IIST

 

[Max Pain]

Yes IIT offers the courses but we have a specialized university for space technology related courses
Home : IIST

okay so fresh grads do get jobs in ISRO

 

[manishmaithani]

okay so fresh grads do get jobs in ISRO

yes

 

[thesolar65]

Yes IIT offers the courses but we have a specialized university for space technology related courses
Home : IIST

Equivalent to Caltech
Home | Caltech

 

[uparyupari]

how did you guys get the Brains to Make such highly advanced Rockets,
Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

Most ISRO scientists come from IIST which offer courses in 4 years Engineering in Aerospace & Avionics. And a 5 years integrated M.Tech program.

The total open seats available is only 66 seats and the competition is pan India. Getting into IIST is just as tough as IIT, even tougher for those who have a dream to study there and become a space scientists.

So you can see, only the best of the best get to work for ISRO.

 

[Aamna Ali]

@Max Pain

You have a number of these basic courses online as well as part of the NPTELHRD program.

@Max Pain And yes it is a dream of many young IIT graduates to work at ISRO even though the pay is not comparable to companies outside India, some still prefer to stay and work in India.

 

[surya kiran]

Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

IIT is just one part of the puzzle. And a late one at that. First, you need to get the youngsters interested in this. We used to have annual quiz in Mumbai hosted by the Amateur Astronomers Association. This was mainly schools. The picnic trips used to be the Nehru Science Centre and the Planetarium. Like, pointed by another member, the IIST is one of the institues. Besides this you have

1. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun
2. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
3. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
4. Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
5. Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences (ARIES), Nainital

Though, only the IITs get the focus, we also have the National Institute of Technology (NITs), earlier called Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs)

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

how did you guys get the Brains to Make such highly advanced Rockets,
Does IIT offer courses regarding such topics? e.g space exploration or you guys have to visit International universities for such advanced topics?

@Max Pain And yes it is a dream of many young IIT graduates to work at ISRO even though the pay is not comparable to companies outside India, some still prefer to stay and work in India.

IIT is just one part of the puzzle.

If there is any particular institute that is to be credited for the success of ISRO then it is Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Unlike most IIT alumni, most IISc-ians have typically stayed on in India or returned home to work in India. From Vikram Sarabhai to Satish Dhawan to Brahm Prakash all prominent ISRO scientists have had links with IISc.

No IISc? Then no Isro or LCA too

It's one of India's oldest scientific institutions whose galaxy of alumni have played a huge role in nation-building. There wouldn't have been Isro or the light combat aircraft (LCA) project but for IISc and its alumni, many of the experts articulated at the IISc conference on Friday.

Talking about IISc's stellar role, Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar said: "Isro exists because of people from IISc like Vikram Sarabhai, the man behind India's space programme, and Satish Dhawan, the true architect of Isro who had the vision for such a programme."

He also mentioned other lodestars like Brahm Prakash, the first director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and the men behind Mars Mission.

DRDO director-general V Bhujanga Rao said that several of its projects have been results of painstaking work at IISc. "DRDO constantly seeks solutions from the academia. And I must say that level of satisfaction from IISc is 8-9 (on 10) while that from IITs and NITs is 5-6," he said, lauding alumni and DRDO scientists like V K Aatre, P Rama Rao, Prahalada, D Banerjee and V G Sekaran.

The auditorium lit up when the father of LCA, Kota Harinarayan, took the stage. "That plane would not have flown without IISc.

Whether it was the lightning tests (to check if aircraft could withstand), or composites that were used, or the wind tunnel tests this campus has done more work than any other on the LCA project."

He said this collaboration with IISc also created new technology and fuelled newer projects. This led the chair of the conference, Prof B N Raghunandan, to pipe in: "And if so much was being done for DRDO and the LCA programme, I wonder when our faculty actually worked for this institute?"

No IISc? Then no Isro or LCA too - The Times of India

Contrary to the same IIT's and even NIT's participation in ISRO or any other Public R&D organization for that matter is awfully little - Just 2% of ISRO engineers are from IIT's and NIT's and those who even happen to be one of them then they are more likely to be Post Graduates/PhD's that with a undergrad degree. Bitter truth.

Just 2% of Isro’s engineers are from IITs, NITs - The Times of India

Same is the case with DRDO and HAL - or maybe even worse.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

South Korea too? impressive.
I assumed previously they were not interested in our help

 

[kurup]

@Max Pain

You have a number of these basic courses online as well as part of the NPTELHRD program.

@Max Pain And yes it is a dream of many young IIT graduates to work at ISRO even though the pay is not comparable to companies outside India, some still prefer to stay and work in India.

Thanks for sharing ..... I have been searching these videos for a long time .

Any idea which playlists these videos belong to ??

nptelhrd - YouTube