The Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE), an organisation aimed at enlightening and highlighting the activities of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will open its branch at Vijayawada.
Director, Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR), Kunhi Krishnan, Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation Director K. Lakshminarayana and Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), Hyderabad, Director Raghavendra Rao will inaugurate the branch at K.L. Rao Bhavan, Governorpet, at 6 p.m. on Monday.
ISRO officials, in association with some academic institutions and industries, are running the society. The Thiruvananthapuram-based ISSE is having branches at Cochin, Bangalore, Manipal, Hyderabad and Chennai.
SHAR officials have launched ISSE branch at Sriharikota in December last year, and the second unit of the society, Amaravati Chapter, is being opened at Vijayawada on June 13, said SHAR Deputy General Manager and ISSE Amaravati Chapter Ex-Officio President B.V. Subba Rao.
