| INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IIST) INAUGURATED |
| Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), an institute of excellence being established with the objective of offering high quality education in space science and technology to meet the demands of Indian Space Programme, was inaugurated by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, on September 14, 2007 at Thiruvananthapuram. |
The curriculum for the four year undergraduate programme in technology in two streams has been developed keeping the high technology requirements of ISRO in mind. The first year syllabus will be common to both the streams. Second year and third year will have engineering stream curriculum and the fourth year curriculum will be developed as optional credits by careful selection of credits in specialised areas such as propulsion, aerodynamics, communications, embedded systems, software etc.Optional credits during the final year will be specialised subjects that are relevant to Space Technology. |
The curriculum for the five year Integrated Masters in Applied Sciences will have rich content of theoretical science in first three years while last two years will have specialisation in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Material Science and Remote Sensing & GIS with stress on experimental studies.
IIST will create its own full-fledged infrastructure to develop an excellent research atmosphere. Apart from this, students will have privileged access to advanced facilities of ISRO to carry out high technology research in space technology and science.IIST will be a residential institute and is being developed on a picturesque site in Ponmudi near Thiruvananthapuram. One hundred and forty students from various parts of the country have enrolled for under graduate and masters courses. The courses are now being conducted at the alternate campus developed at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. |
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INDIAN IT COS SHINE IN FORBES LIST |
A total of 12 Indian companies made it to the third annual Forbes Asia `Fabulous 50? List, followed by Taiwan with 10 and China with seven, according to a Forbes Asia release. Four of India's IT outsourcing companies made the cut including the biggest, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) that writes software for leading US firms.
Other IT companies in the list are Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer Services and Wipro. The country's leading telecom service provider Bharti Airtel also forms a part of the list.
The other Indian companies in the Forbes list are: Bharat Heavy Electricals, Grasim Industries, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel. Companies such as ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Bharti Airtel are growing fast by reaching out to the country's rural customers, not to Western markets. Others, such as Grasim, Larsen & Toubro and Reliance, are shoring up the country's infrastructure at a furious pace.
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HELP DESK FOR EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS |
While filing applications and making payments online, it has been observed that exporters/ importers face technical problems on account of non-availability of relevant documents, malfunctioning of system etc. For attending to these technical problems, DGFT has set up a Helpdesk.
The trading community can access the Help Desk by dialing the toll free number 1800 111 550 or by e-mail at dgftedi@nic.in. The help desk will be available between 10.00 AM to 7.00 PM on all working days. A complaint number may be provided by helpdesk if an issue remains unresolved.
The complaint number may be quoted for all future reference. For e-mails, complaint Numbers may be conveyed on the next working day, if the complaint is unresolved. |
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH ON MICROGRAVITY
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Invitation for submission of proposals for the National Microgravity Research Programme funded by ISRO.
Micro-gravity Research is believed to have enormous potential in the fields of material science and also life sciences. In order to be able to exploit this potential, ISRO has chalked out an ambitious programme of providing Micro-gravity conditions for carrying out innovative experiments through the development of recoverable space capsules. The space reentry vehicles fall in this category.
ISRO recently launched Space Reentry Vehicle (SRE-I), which carried two microgravity experiments in space. The successful recovery of the vehicle and its payloads heralded a new research platform for microgravity research and has opened up opportunities for microgravity research to Indian Scientists. |
ISRO is planning to have several such launches in the near future with the earliest one scheduled tentatively towards the end of 2008. ISRO is also keen to set up ancillary ground based facilities and the development of hardware for microgravity researches both in physical and life sciences.This call also encourages proposals for developing the hardware for microgravity research like ‘bioracks and furnaces’.
Depending on the feasibility, the flight experiments can be scheduled as early as 2008. The scope of this activity is broad enough to include simulations and theoretical modeling. Scientists and technologists interested in making use of these opportunities are encouraged to come out with detailed proposals.
The proposals can be sent to
e-mail:jayati@isro.gov.in
Website: www.indianmicrogravity.org
Last date for submission of proposals: 15 November 2007
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