Question: In which institutions ISRO has opened its Space Technology Incubation Centres (S-TIC) recently?
a) Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
b) Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
c)National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
d) all of the above
Ans: d)
Context
- Three Space Technology Incubation Centres (S-TIC) were inaugurated at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Nagpur, Bhopal and Rourkela by the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan.
Facts
- The S-TIC concept is conceived with one selected major academic institute taking the lead role in a particular region and providing opportunities for final year graduate, postgraduate and research scholars as “future budding entrepreneurs” in the space sector.
- Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur will operate for the Western region, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal will operate for Central region, and National Institute of Technology, Rourkela will operate for Eastern region.
- S-TICs have already been functioning, at the National Institute of Technology, Agartala (for the North-Eastern region), Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (for Northern region) and National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (for Southern region).
- Projects of practical relevance linked to the ongoing or future missions of ISRO will be made available to the students atSTIC.
By kameshwar shukla