Dr Vikram Sarabhai

 Dr. Vikram Sarabhai was an Indian

 scientist and widely known as
 Father of India’s Space Programme.
 Founder of Indian Space Research
 Organisation.
 Received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
 Medal in 1962, Padma Bhushan in 1966,
 Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 1972.
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 ISRO
 ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation.
 ISRO is a research and
th development company.
 ISRO formed on 15 august,1969.
 ISRO headquarters is located in Bangalore city in Karnataka.
 Director is Kailasavadivoo Sivan.
 Founder is Vikram Sarabhai.
 Motto-Space technology in the service of Human Kind.
 ISRO developes and delivers application
specific satellite products and tools to the
nation.Such as
 broadcast, communations, weather forecasts, disaster
management tools,geographic information systems, catography
navigation, telemedicine, dedicated distance education satellites
being some of them.
 ISRO maintains one of the largest fleet of communation
satellites(INSAT) and remote sensing stellites(IRs).
 VISSION OF ISRO
 ISRO was driven by the vision of Vikram Sarabhai.“Harness space
technology for national development, while pursuing space
science research and planetory exploration”.
 Main vission is to exploit the power of space technology for our
nation development.
 Throughout the ISRO improved so much in technology, ISRO also
succeeded in bringing technology to a common man in India, to
serve the nation
 ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

 ISRO is managed by the department of

Science(DoS) of the government of India.
 Largest ISRO base is located in
thiruvananthapuram called Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre.
 This centre is main technology centre and the
venue for the development of the SLV-3,ASLV
and PSLV series.
 Research and Acadeima Interface
 ISRO started the RESPOND(REsearch SPONcereD)
programme in the 1970’s
 Main objective is to encourage academia to participate and
contribute in various space related research activities.
 Under this programme,projects are taken by the
universities or academic institutions.
 ISRO also provides necessary financial support to conduct
research and development activities related to space
science, space technology and space applications.
 This programme mutually helps ISRO and academia to
enrich their talent.
 Space Technology Cells
 Apart from RESPOND, ISRO also providing Space Technology
Cells(STC).
 STC provided in some colleges like Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) -Bombay ,Kanpur,Kharagpur and Madras,Indian Institute of
Science (IIS,Bangalore) ,Savitribai Phule Pune
University(SPPU,Pune).
 STC is mainly to carry out thematic research activities in the
area of space technology and applications
 In addition conferences, workshops and publications, which are
of relevance to space programme are also being supported.
 ISRO part in Kerala Floods
 Five satellites of the Indian Space Research
Organisation are playing a key role in saving
lives in rain-battered Kerala.
 These five satellites monitoring the grave flood
situation and assisting in relief work.
 An Isro official said earth observation satellites
Oceansat-2, Resourcesat-2, Cartosat 2 and 2A
and INSAT 3DR send real-time images to the
ground station which helps in assessing the
extent of flooding and planning rescue
operations.
 ACHIEVEMENTS

 Over the years ISRO has achieved numerous milestones.ISRO

proved their vision to ‘harness space technology for nation
development’
 To achieve the cost efficiency and reliability, ISRO
developed PSLV.This become a favoured carrier for satellites
of various countries.
 Created a world record by launching 104 satellites in single
mission, on 15 feburary,2017.
 By the ISRO India became the first country to successfully reach
march in its first attempt.
 312 days unmanned lunar mission was indians first mission to
moon and was a breakthrough in its missions.
 Heaviest commerical mission was taken by ISRO where they
launched 1440 kg of load of British satellities were launched as
part of the mission using PSLV.
 Indian National Satellite System (INSAT),is a series of multiple
purpose multi purpose geostationary satellites.It helped with
telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search
and rescue operations.
 ISRO launched GSLV-MK3 on December, 2014, that has an Indian
made crew capsule which can carry up to three astronauts to
space.
 MATERIAL USAGE
 The ISRO is pursuing materials that have
extraordinary properties, such as aluminium
and beryllium alloys and carbon nanotubes.
 These are needed for the upcoming high-profile
national missions such as the Human Space
Programme (HSP), the Reusable Launch
Vehicle (RLV), re-entering crew capsul es, fuel-
saving scramjet missions and the distant single-
stage launchers.
 Since 2015, ISRO made to decrease in material
import 200-300 tones each year and brought
import rate from 32% to 8% now.
 Goals and objectives
 The primary objective of ISRO is to use space technology and its
applications to various national tasks.
 ISRO plans to launch a number of new generation Earth
observation satellites in new future.
 It will also undertake the development of new launch vehicles
and spacecrafts.
 ISRO planned 58 missions in 2012-2017,33 satillite mission in
next two years and 25 launch vehicle mission.
 Apart from this technology capability, ISRO has also contributed
to science and science education in the country.
 References
 https://www.isro.gov.in/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Res
earch_Organisation
 https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-
awaits-advanced-materials/article24754393.ece
 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/
5-isro-satellites-come-to-rescue-of-flood-hit-
kerala/articleshow/65457060.cms
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