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‘India can be world leader in aerospace’

Staff Reporter

‘What we lack is a synergised effort in achieving goals.’

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India can emerge as one of the leading countries in aerospace industry if design, development and manufacturing capacity can be integrated, according to Chairman of ISRO G. Madhavan Nair.

He was inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Aerospace Expanding Frontiers: Technologies and Challenges’ organised by the local chapter of the Aeronautic Society of India and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at the VSSC here on Friday.

Dr. Nair said the successful space programme of India was a testimony to its capabilities in all areas of space technologies.

“What we lack is probably a synergised effort in achieving goals,” he said. The ISRO had shown that it could come up with the technology required for any space system, he added.

Untapped

Former Chairman of Air India and president of the society V. Thulasidas said a focussed effort was needed to tap the aerospace market.

India had not been able to take advantage of this vast market despite a 40 per cent increase in the domestic air travel in the country last year, he said.

Peep into future

In his keynote address, B.N. Suresh, director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, enumerated the future of space programme for the next 25 years. Director of VSSC K. Radhakrishnan and Chairman of the local chapter of the society A Subramoniam spoke.

The seminar discussed the future of aerospace systems in India, requirements of human space mission and technologies for sustained human presence in space and space habits.

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