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Home | India | Isro Embarking On Replicating Nasa Partnership Model In India

ISRO embarking on replicating NASA partnership model in India

An Empowered Overseeing Committee has been constituted to review and approve the proposals.

By PTI
Published Date - 02:43 PM, Fri - 26 March 21
ISRO embarking on replicating NASA partnership model in India
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Bengaluru: The ISRO is embarking on a mission of a different kind by taking the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) to a much higher, futuristic research orbit.

The Bengaluru-headquarteted space agency is striking a partnership with the IIST — something similar to the JPL- Caltech model in the United States.

JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) is federally funded by US space agency NASA and managed by Caltech (California Institute of Technology).

To coordinate joint research activities between ISRO centres and IIST, akin to the Caltech-JPL model, a dedicated framework has now been put into place, with CBPO (Capacity Building Programme Office) located at ISRO headquarters here as a focal point.

An Advanced Space Research Group has been created to identify application-oriented research projects of importance to ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) centres and matching with the interests of IIST faculty.

An Empowered Overseeing Committee has been constituted to review and approve the proposals.

CBPO Director, P V Venkitakrishnan told PTI that under the initiative, “very advanced, totally new and futuristic projects” — nothing that has been done by ISRO — would be taken up.
“Twenty-eight to 30 projects have been identified”, he said.

It’s a mix of two-years, 3-5 years, and seven-year projects that would be pursued by IIST faculty.

Thiruvananthapuram-based IIST, an autonomous institution under the Department of Space (DoS) and a ‘Deemed to be University’, is similar to Caltech, according to him.

Asked about the time-frame by which he expects the partnership to reach the JPL-Caltech level, Venkitakrishnan said: “We are expecting within eight to ten years. That is our ambition, our aim”.

It was noted that NASA’s JPL, founded by Caltech faculty, is the leading centre for the robotic exploration of the solar system.

It also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions.

JPL’s workforce includes a diverse population of scientists, engineers, technologists, developers, communicators, designers, safety experts and business administrators.

Venkitakrishnan said through the Post-doctoral fellowship programme offered by IIST, ISRO wants to attract more and more talent towards space research.

He also said that the Union government has been requested to accord ‘Institute of National Importance’ status to IIST.

Once approved, various ISRO centres would become constituent learning centres, allowing IIST to have a wider off-campus, he said.

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