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‘Technical institutions can help our space programme’

– Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan

Applying Thought: Sona College of Technology Chairman C. Valliappa (second from left) handing over the Quadruplex BLDC Torque Motor to VSSC Deputy Director (Avionics) T.R. Chidambaram in Salem on Thursday. Others in the picture are: College Secretary A. Dhirajlal (extreme right) , Deputy Project Director of Megha-Tropiques D. Sam Dayala Dev and Professor N. Kannan (centre).

SALEM: Technical institutions can play a major role in the development of indigenous technologies for space programmes of the country, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Deputy Director (Avionics) T.R. Chidambaram has said.

He was speaking after receiving the Quadruplex BLDC Torque Motor developed by the Sona Special Power Electronics and Electric Drives, a Research and Development Centre of Sona College of Technology, for VSSC here on Thursday.

The motor was developed for rocket engine gimbal control mechanism. Another Slotless BLDC motor (flight model), developed by the centre, was handed over to ISRO Inertial Systems Unit for its Megha-Tropiques project.

Mr. Chidambaram said the country was trying to develop all technologies required for the space programmes indigenously.

The Government of India and the Department of Space are ready to extend necessary assistance to colleges for space research and development projects.

Students and faculty members could take up projects in areas such as image compression algorithms, data compression, robotics, micro electromechanical systems and nanotechnology. ISRO is using indigenous technology for the development of the GSLV Mark III, which will enable the country to launch heavy satellites into the geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Deputy Project Director Megha-Tropiques D. Sam Dayala Dev appreciated the team led by Professor N. Kannan for developing the Slotless BLDC motor. Megha Tropiques, an Indo-French collaborative project, is a dedicated satellite devoted to atmospheric and climate research in the tropics. It is expected to be launched at the end of 2009 or in the beginning of 2010, he added.

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