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ISRO to tap small cities for innovations
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- Agartala gets space technology incubation centre -The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a space technology incubation centre in Tripura capital Agartala.
- It is the first of six such centres planned nationally to build capacity in new locations.
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- ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said that more such space research activities will be splashed in a big way across small cities to tap their talent and include them in the space footprint.
- The space agency’s new Capacity Building Programme directorate will invest Rs. 2 crore in incubation facilities in Jalandhar, Bhubaneswar, Tiruchi, Nagpur and Indore.
- The centres will bring out prototypes and innovations for ISRO in electronics, propulsion and others.
- Dr. Sivan said that domestic industry should increase the production of critical electronics items needed in space and other programmes, as 75% of it is now imported.
- Indian space market offers big opportunity to industry as it is estimated to grow to $1.6 billion by 2023.
Source
The Hindu