IIST right on track The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technologys (IIST) plans for a permanent campus in the district went one more step forward on Wednesday with the State Government handing over 12 acres at Valiyamala to the ISRO
The ISRO on Thursday accepted the 70 acre land allotted by the Kerala government to set up the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. Ending the controversy over the land allotment, ISRO informed the government that the 70 acres land at Velliyamala offered to it was acceptable. In a letter to Chief Secretary P J Thomas, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said the land was suitable for the Institute and thanked the government for it.
The Indian Space Research Organisation has reportedly turned down the 100 acres offered by the Kerala government at Thennurs Kambimootil. Sighting various technical reasons behind the refusal, ISRO said since construction activities cannot be carried out at the land at Thennur the organization is defying the offer made by government. However, the organization has agreed to accept the 20 acres at Upper Sanatorium. Yesterday, the government had released order assigning 120 acres of land at Ponmudi in Thiruvanathapuram district to the organisation.
A fresh bout of trouble has cropped up in providing land to Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for setting up its space technology institute with the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) coming out against handing over 30 acres of land at Upper Sanatorium of Ponmudi to the space agency.
ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair today informed the government that it is interested land proposed by government for establishing the space institute. In his letter to the Kerala Chief Minister the ISRO chairman has also requested the government to end legal disputes regarding this particular land. The Revenue department has already finished its formalities with the land
The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to give 100 acres at Thennur village in Thiruvananthapuram district free of cost for the proposed campus of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). Briefing presspersons on Cabinet decisions, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said the State government would build a road to the site on the Ponmudi hills. The revenue land was part of the land returned to the State by Ponmudi Tea and Rubber Company in 1917. Though the government had offered 125 acres, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which runs the IIST, said that 100 acres would suffice.
Amid the ruckus over the Merchiston Estate land in Ponmudi, the State Government has suggested two alternative sites in the region to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for setting up its space technology institute.
India's first space university is all set to take wing next month seeking to groom tailor-made experts to fuel the country's satellite and rocket programmes.
"August middle is our target" - G Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, which is setting up the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and expected to meet the high technology requirements of ISRO.
Picturesque Ponmudi will not just be a cool holiday spot in the future; it is going to be the place where Indias space scientists are moulded. After checking out a number of spots in the district, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has finally zeroed in on Ponmudi for setting up the main campus of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). The IIST will come up on 100 acres at Ponmudi - 55 km east of the city - in two years time.
The Indian Prime Minister will lay the foundation-stone for the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), proposed to be set up in the city this year itself, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan told a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday. An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) project modelled on IITs, the IIST will train space scientists for Indias future space missions. The ISRO had dreamed up the project after being faced with an acute talent crunch. The location for the IIST has not been finalised yet, ISRO officials in Bangalore told this websites newspaper. Among the highly probable localities include 50 acres belonging to the Kerala University at Kariavattom.