Introduction The Indian Space Research Organisation is the primary space agency of the Indian government and was founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai‚ the father of India’s Space Programme. ISRO is amongst the six largest government space agencies in the world‚ along with USA’s NASA‚ Russia’s RKA‚ Europe’s ESA‚ China’s CNSA and Japan’s JAXA. Its primary objective is to advance space technology and use its applications for national benefit. Established in 1969‚ ISRO superseded the Indian National Committee
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Pakistan well under India’s missile range. It is too exhausting to track Dr Abdul Kalam’s achievements to date. In the ’60s and ’70s he was a trail blazer in the space department. In the ’80s he transformed the moribund Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad into a highly motivated team. By the ’90s Kalam emerged as the czar of Indian science and technology and was awarded the Bharat Ratna. His life and mission is a vindication of what a determined person can achieve against extraordinary
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He joined the Indian Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR)‚ the predecessor of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). And thus Kalam started his much talked about career in rocket and missile technology. It is his greatness that to support his studies‚ he started his career as a newspaper vendor. Before he became President of the country‚ Dr. Kalam had divided his career in four phases. In the first phase (1963-82) he worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) .At ISRO
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in India. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai—a physicist considered to be ’the father of India’s space program’—[1] was instrumental in the creation of both the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Physical Research Laboratory (Ahemadabad).Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the first Prime Minister of India (office: 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)‚ initiated reforms to promote higher education‚ science‚ technology in India.[2] The Indian Institute of Technology — conceived by a 22 member committee of scholars and entrepreneurs
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Science & Technology Science and technology has been in the forefront of transforming the Indian economic structure helping India evolve as a globally competitive economic powerhouse. With the available scientific manpower--which is third largest in the world-- the Indian science and technology has been growing well above world average. While the Indian output of science‚ as measured by the quality and quantity of Science Citation Index (SCI) papers‚ has been growing at a CAGR of 8 per cent
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industrialization showed way for rocket science also. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in 1962 with Dr.Vikram Sarabhai as its chairman. After this the epoch of ISRO (Indian space research organization) begins in 1969 under the chairman ship of honorable Dr.K.Radhakrishnan with the motto “space technology in the service of mankind”. ISRO is among the 6 world’s largest government space agencies. Indian space research organization in Bangalore developed its first satellite
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launch and orbit a spacecraft around the Moon using an Indian-made launch-vehicle and to conduct scientific experiments using instruments on the spacecraft It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008‚ and operated until August 2009. India launched the spacecraft with a PSLV‚ on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre‚ Sriharikota‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ at 06:22 IST. The mission was a major boost to India’s space program‚ as India researched and developed its own technology
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put India on the international map in the field of space research. 2. he worked in the fields of textiles‚ pharmaceuticals‚ nuclear power‚ electronics and many others incessantly till last. 3. creative scientist‚ a successful and forward looking industrialist‚ a great institution builder‚ an educationist with a difference‚ a connoisseur of arts‚ an entrepreneur of social change‚ a pioneering management educator. 4. "Father of Indian space program." 5. Dr.Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12
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critical for Indian science and major positive steps in this area will help the country to achieve sustained and rapid growth in the future. The Science and Technology Division of the Planning Commission is the nodal division for all matters relating to Science and Technology Plan formulation ( both Five Year Plans and Annual Plans) and appraisal of the S&T programmes of six major S&T agencies/Departments‚ viz. • Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)- R&D Sector • Department of Space (DOS) • Department
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India’s missile range. It is too exhausting to track Dr Abdul Kalam’s achievements to date. In the ’60s and ’70s he was a trail blazer in the space department. In the ’80s he transformed the moribund Defence Research and Development Laboratory in Hyderabad into a highly motivated team. By the ’90s Kalam emerged as the czar of Indian science and technology and was awarded the Bharat Ratna. His life and mission is a vindication of what a determined person can achieve against extraordinary
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