GTU joins hands with ISRO for various joint research projects

Ahmedabad

Gujarat Technological University (GTU) and Indian Research Space Organisation (ISRO) have joined hands for collaborative research work. The MoU signed on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 will be helpful mutually.

GTU senior level delegation of around 20 members including deans, principals and GTU top management members participated in the MoU ceremony.

As per terms of the MoU signed, GTU faculty and students will get joint collaboration projects. On the other side, Researchers at Space Application Centre will be able to pursue PhD at GTU with minimal interruption in the research work. This step is an important milestone in the history of GTU.

Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor of GTU said that this was a mutually beneficial MoU. GTU students and professors will have opportunity to work with ISRO. By imbibing the spirit of equality when technical discussion takes place. Research lab and Industry can be benefited through new ideas and through research by team of students and faculty members. GTU has a vision to start a world class program of Masters in Aerospace Engineering. Modalities of the course were worked out in MoU signing ceremony.

The course will be available from next educational year. Based on industry demand, such other courses will be developed. After the MoU signing ceremony, GTU delegation visited key research facilities available at ISRO.

All the efforts in the direction started with GTU organised a two Day Workshop on ‘Pico/Nano/Micro Satellites’. GTU faculty and students are gearing up to design, develop & launch small satellites. This workshop is first step towards this direction.

Dr. Sharan Asundi, Aerospace Science Engineering Department, Tuskegee University, USA guided the students & faculties in the workshop. He inspired & motivated participants during this two-day workshop held at Chandkheda campus of GTU.

He said that this can be starting point for the university to start work on a small satellite. Various universities, colleges or institutes can join hands to make such project successful. Pico or Nano or Micro Satellites are the smaller size satellites, which are ideally suited for universities.

Generally Satellites are designed, developed and launched by Space Agencies or department of defence in various countries. Now Universities and engineering colleges as well as institutions are taking up space mission in various countries. Aspirations of students are attached with such projects.