IIT-Hyderabad orgainses 8th national meet on FEAST software

ISRO Chairman highlights the importance of engaging with academia and the student community to expand the reach and development of software

Sangareddy: Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) V Narayanan emphasised the capabilities of Finite Element Analysis of Structures (FEAST) software and the significance of Indigenous software development.

Addressing IIT-H students and faculty virtually during the 8th Feast Users meet at Kandi in Sangareddy district on Saturday, he highlighted the importance of engaging with academia and the student community to expand the reach and development of FEAST software.

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Narayanan also discussed new project approvals at ISRO, including the human mission, Bharatiya Antariksh station, and next-generation launch vehicle. He noted that software such as FEAST will play a vital role in these upcoming projects’ structural design and analysis.

The meeting was inaugurated by the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Dr S Unnikrishnan Nair, who highlighted the importance of achieving ‘Atmanirbharata’ in numerical simulation software development, particularly through the FEAST software, in collaboration with academia, developers, and research organisations.

Over the years, multiple versions have been launched, and over 4,000 licenses have been sold across India. He also mentioned the development of Pravaha, an indigenous computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software developed by VSSC, which is getting ready for commercial launch. Director of IIT-H Prof BS Murty, and others were present.