Self-reliance aiding Indian space research'
Rockets have to be made reusable, and we also need indigenous launch vehicles that can fly back like a normal aircraft, and can be made ready within a day to take another launch, said P.S. Veeraraghavan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Research Centre, here on Friday, indicating how self-reliance, the use of home-grown technologies and focussed research were helping the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) advance in the field of space science. This would eventually bring down the exorbitant amounts spent on building rockets and launch vehicles, he said.
Mr. Veeraraghavan was speaking at the inaugural function of graVITas' 11 the international knowledge carnival of VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology) University. Students interested in space sciences and aerospace engineering were in for a treat when he took the audience on an audio-visual tour of Chandrayaan -1, India' s first lunar mission, which confirmed the existence of water on the moon.
He explained how advanced space technology was aiding Indian research in making the best operational launch vehicles, remote sensing applications and satellites.
The ISRO had, over the last couple of years, been engaging a lot of students across educational institutes in its research work. Rockets are not new to India. They were used by Tipu Sultan as early as 1792 against the British, he said, urging the students to pursue a dedicated interest in space technology for societal benefits. If there is a better India, it would be by you.
VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan spoke about the significance of the theme of the fest Save Earth' and called it the most important truth the world needed to understand to solve environmental problems. He asked the students to focus on research projects that would be useful to society.
Asit Baran Mandal, Director, Central Leather Research Institute, urged the students to take ideas from nature and not restrict their creativity to certain disciplines alone.
V. Viswanathan, Senior Manager, HR, Wipro Technologies, underscored the importance of such congregations where students would get to network and learn from the best minds. We need to constantly look to update ourselves. The latest gets discussed in such fests, and being part of such programmes would help you stay at the top of the technology curve.
University Vice-Chancellor V. Raju, and vice-presidents G.V. Sampath and Sankar Viswanathan participated in the inaugural session.
The preparations for the tech fest have been on for the last six months and the celebrations began four days before the event actually started, with students enthusiastically observing a series of environment-friendly days focussing on preventing wastage of plastics, water, food and electricity.
The hundreds of students assembled on the VIT campus for the technical-management knowledge carnival are getting into the groove of learning lessons in engineering, mathematics, management and science over the next two days.
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Rockets have to be made reusable, and we also need indigenous launch vehicles that can fly back like a normal aircraft, and can be made ready within a day to take another launch, said P.S. Veeraraghavan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Research Centre, here on Friday, indicating how self-reliance, the use of home-grown technologies and focussed research were helping the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) advance in the field of space science. This would eventually bring down the exorbitant amounts spent on building rockets and launch vehicles, he said.
Mr. Veeraraghavan was speaking at the inaugural function of graVITas' 11 the international knowledge carnival of VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology) University. Students interested in space sciences and aerospace engineering were in for a treat when he took the audience on an audio-visual tour of Chandrayaan -1, India' s first lunar mission, which confirmed the existence of water on the moon.
He explained how advanced space technology was aiding Indian research in making the best operational launch vehicles, remote sensing applications and satellites.
The ISRO had, over the last couple of years, been engaging a lot of students across educational institutes in its research work. Rockets are not new to India. They were used by Tipu Sultan as early as 1792 against the British, he said, urging the students to pursue a dedicated interest in space technology for societal benefits. If there is a better India, it would be by you.
VIT Chancellor G. Viswanathan spoke about the significance of the theme of the fest Save Earth' and called it the most important truth the world needed to understand to solve environmental problems. He asked the students to focus on research projects that would be useful to society.
Asit Baran Mandal, Director, Central Leather Research Institute, urged the students to take ideas from nature and not restrict their creativity to certain disciplines alone.
V. Viswanathan, Senior Manager, HR, Wipro Technologies, underscored the importance of such congregations where students would get to network and learn from the best minds. We need to constantly look to update ourselves. The latest gets discussed in such fests, and being part of such programmes would help you stay at the top of the technology curve.
University Vice-Chancellor V. Raju, and vice-presidents G.V. Sampath and Sankar Viswanathan participated in the inaugural session.
The preparations for the tech fest have been on for the last six months and the celebrations began four days before the event actually started, with students enthusiastically observing a series of environment-friendly days focussing on preventing wastage of plastics, water, food and electricity.
The hundreds of students assembled on the VIT campus for the technical-management knowledge carnival are getting into the groove of learning lessons in engineering, mathematics, management and science over the next two days.
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