One-day long space and defense expo organised for students in Mancherial

About 5,000 students from both private and government schools made a beeline to the school to visit the expo. They learnt about various satellites launched by the ISRO and rockets developed by DRDO by interacting with scientists and officials from the two national organisations

Mancherial: A day-long space and defense expo, organised by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the premises of Sri Ushodaya High School here on Tuesday, evoked a good response from students. Local MLA K Premsagar Rao inaugurated the event, while Dr G Satish Reddy, president of the aeronautical society of India graced the event.

About 5,000 students from both private and government schools made a beeline to the school to visit the expo. They learnt about various satellites launched by the ISRO and rockets developed by DRDO by interacting with scientists and officials from the two national organisations. They said that they could effortlessly know about the satellites and rockets. They arrived at the venue using different means of transportation.

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Earlier, Satish while addressing the gathering said that the expo would help students to easily understand activities of the ISRO. He was all praise for the management of the school for hosting the event. Books authored by former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam were also exhibited during the expo. They were given to poor students.

The expo was jointly conducted by ISRO and DRDO in collaboration with Kalam’s Institute of Youth Excellence and Yarlagadda Abhiram Memorial Grama Sabha.

Sri Ushodaya High School Correspondent Yarlagadda Balaji, DEO S Yadagiri, TRSMA state president Y Sekhar Rao, district president R Vishnuvardhan Rao and others were present.