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09/05/23 06:22 AM IST

ISRO offers training programme for PG, final-year UG students

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  • ISRO has now come up with a new introductory-level online training programme, which is called the Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START).
About START
  • START program is aimed at post-graduate and final-year undergraduate students of physical sciences and technology.
  • The programme will cover various domains of space science, including Astronomy & Astrophysics, Heliophysics & Sun-Earth interaction, Instrumentation, and Aeronomy.
  • It will be delivered by the scientists from Indian academia and ISRO centres.
  • The programme is part of ISRO's efforts to enable Indian students to become professionals in space science and technology.
  • It is intended to provide students with an introductory-level training in space science and technology, giving them an overview of different facets of the field, research opportunities, and career options.
  • The training will also emphasize the cross-disciplinary nature of space science.
Benefits
  • The programme is expected to help build a human capacity that will lead space science and research in the future.
  • The student community will receive:
  • an overview of the different facets of space science and technology,
  • exposure to the research ongoing in different Indian institutes,
  • insight into how their individual aptitude would suit some of the facets of space science and technology,
  • Students will also get a chance to appreciate the cross-disciplinary nature of the subject, and accordingly choose their career path.
About ISRO
  • It is the space agency of India which is a major constituent of the Department of Space (DOS), Government of India.
  • ISRO was previously the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), set up by the Government of India in 1962.
  • ISRO was formed on August 15, 1969 and superseded INCOSPAR with an expanded role to harness space technology.
  • DOS was set up and ISRO was brought under DOS in 1972.
  • The prime objective of ISRO is the development and application of space technology for various national needs.
  • ISRO has its headquarters in Bengaluru.
Source- The Hindu

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