Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will now on concentrate on education and health, said a top official."The future thrust areas for ISRO will be in food and water security , weather and climate , environment and ecosystem , sustainable development, support for informed decision making , education and health care, skill development and rural communications , as well as disaster management," said K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the organization.
He was delivering the 11th Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Silver Jubilee Lecture on 'ISRO Saga Forward'.
The eminent scientist also elucidated upon the vision of ISRO for the next 20 years, viz. space applications, space exploration, space assets and access to space.
"ISRO is working on GSAT 5P and RISAT-1 , the satellite Aperture Radar , which enables the satellite to look at the earth , even in the presence of cloud cover," he said.
Stating that India joined the elite group of countries, having re-entry capabilities in 2007, Radhakrishnan also spoke about ISRO's plans and efforts to put man on the moon.
Stressing on the need for good minds, he spoke about ISRO's Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology at Trivandrum.
"The batch of B.Tech students will pass out in June 2011. Those getting good grades will be absorbed in the institute," said Radhakrishnan.
Calling both ISRO and IGNOU examples of 'learning organizations', the eminent scientist spoke of India's space programme from 1963 to the present and its vision for the future.
He said the Indian space programme as a society- driven one.
"In the 1960s, India was beset by several problems, like illiteracy. Hence the focus was on how communication satellites could be used to solve these immediate problems. This vision was shared by the entire organization and other successors of Dr Vikram Sarabhai," said the ISRO chairman. --IBNS
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