The Union minister said this is only the second teaching institute of its kind in the country, the first being situated in Kerala바카라s Thiruvananthapuram.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday inaugurated the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Sciences at the Central University of Jammu, saying the first course with an intake capacity of 60 students will start this year. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister바카라s office termed the inauguration of the centre a 바카라historic day바카라 for north India.
In October 2018, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central University of Jammu to set up the centre with facilities for geospatial data analysis, which will help in sustainable use of natural resources and plan land-use patterns.
The centre has ground-based observations for atmospheric studies, a research lab for astrophysics, atmospheric sensing and a glacier studies lab for better use of large quantities of water stored in the form of seasonal snow, ice and glaciers in the rivers of north India.
바카라This is a historic day not only for Jammu but for entire north India because space technology was restricted to south India. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on one hand, the unlocking of space for private players was ensured, and on the other, a decision was taken why not to open space technology institutions in other parts of the country,바카라 the Union minister told reporters after inaugurating the centre.
Singh, who also inaugurated the conference 바카라Frontiers of Space Technology and Applications for Humanity바카라, said that at his suggestion, the centre was named after the former chairman of ISRO as he was a resident of Jammu and Kashmir and a 바카라real pride바카라 of the Dogra community.
바카라He (Satish Dhawan) went to Bangalore (now Bengaluru) from here and it was because of him that the headquarters of space research was set up in Bangalore and not Delhi as he was working on several important projects,바카라 Singh said.
The Union minister said this is only the second teaching institute of its kind in the country, the first being situated in Kerala바카라s Thiruvananthapuram.
바카라We will start the first course this year and the intake capacity will be 60 seats. The selection criteria will be IIT-JEE so that there will be no allegations of discrimination or anything else,바카라 he said.
Singh said the start-up programme has picked up in a big way in South India but has not progressed here as expected as 바카라government jobs have got deeply rooted바카라 in the mindset of the people.
바카라The new avenues provided by PM Modi are more lucrative than government jobs, and we need to reach out to the people,바카라 the minister said, adding the new avenues like drones and space technology have made inroads in every sector, including housing, smart cities, railways and highways.
Asking the youth to become self-reliant, he said, 바카라The purple revolution started by IIIM Jammu (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research바카라Indian Institute Of Integrative Medicine) is spreading fast across the country. Jammu has a lot of potential for diary and space technology.바카라
Purple Revolution is Jammu and Kashmir바카라s contribution to start-ups in India. Also called 바카라Aroma Mission바카라, it was launched by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
With PTI inputs.