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7 May 2009,
MUMBAI: Indias successful moonshot, Chandrayaan-1, has not only enriched the countrys brand value but also flooded Isro offices with more than a lakh job applications from youngsters, which the space agencys officials say is unprecedented.
V Jayaraman, director of Isros Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Agency , told TOI on Wednesday that Chandrayaans success has spurred the demand for jobs in Isro. The organisation has acquired a glamour value thanks largely to the moon mission, and students in standard X and XI from all over India are knocking on our door, he said.
Jayaraman said that at present there were more than 1.35 lakh applications for a mere 300 openings in different categories at Isro. He said that from among the applicants, about 70,000 students qualified for the entrance examination which was held on April 26. About 46,000 actually took the test.
From centres like Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai, we usually receive on average about 4,000 to 5,000 applications. But this year the figure from these places has shot up, Jayaraman said. He cited the economic slowdown as a possible factor for the surge in applications.
Isros chief spokesperson S Satish said that many people who had left Isro for IT organisations now wanted to return to the space agency.
ISRO over the moon as 1.35 lakh apply for 300 jobs- LATEST NEWS-The Economic Times
