Online Training Programme By ISRO

May 8, 2023

Context:

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced a new introductory level online training programme called Space Science and Technology Awareness Training

(START).

About the START

Aim:

1. START is aimed at postgraduate and final year undergraduate students of physical sciences and technology.
2. It intends to give them an overview of the different facets of the field, research opportunities and career options.

Programme Domains: Space science, including astronomy and astrophysics, heliophysics and sunearth interaction, instrumentation and aeronomy.
Academic institutions can submit applications for the programme through the Jigyasa portal.
It will be delivered by scientists from Indian academia and ISRO centres.
It is part of the ISRO’s efforts to enable Indian students to become professionals in space science and technology, as the organisation’s space science exploration programme continues to expand into new domains.

Additional Information

About Jigyasa:

It is student – scientist connect programme programme would be implemented by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS).
JIGYASA would inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness on one hand and scientific temper on the other, amongst the school students and their teachers.
The program will also enable the students and teachers to practically live the theoretical concepts taught in science by visiting CSIR laboratories and by participating in projects.
The Programme is expected to connect 1151 Kendriya Vidyalayas with 38 National Laboratories of CSIR targeting 100,000 students and nearly 1000 teachers annually.
The focus is on connecting school students and scientists to extend student’s classroom learning with a well planned research laboratory based learning.