BHUBANESWAR: Science and Technology minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Wednesday visited the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) premier satellite tv for pc facilities in Bengaluru, and held discussions on increasing the usage of area know-how in governance, catastrophe administration and scientific schooling.
During the go to, the minister toured the U R Rao Satellite Centre and the ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (ISITE). The go to was geared toward strengthening coordination between the Odisha authorities and ISRO for utility of superior area applied sciences in public administration and analysis.
Patra held detailed discussions with senior ISRO scientists and officers on the usage of satellite tv for pc knowledge for catastrophe administration, meals safety monitoring and mapping of pure assets in Odisha. The deliberations additionally centered on enhancing technological collaboration in areas important to the state’s improvement planning.
At the ISITE, Patra visited the satellite tv for pc integration facilities and inspected the state-of-the-art clear room infrastructure. He was briefed on the complicated processes concerned in the combination and testing of India’s future communication and navigation satellites. The minister additionally visited the area museum on the U R Rao Satellite Centre, the place he skilled India’s achievements in area exploration, starting from the historic Aryabhata mission to the nation’s area programmes.
He expressed the state authorities’s need to ascertain world-class science exhibitions on the proposed Science City in Bhubaneswar to inspire college students in the direction of science and innovation. Senior officers of S&T division accompanied the minister. Project director of U R Rao Satellite Centre, Jasvinder Singh Khorala appreciated Odisha’s proactive initiatives in the fields of science and innovation.