Congratulations ISRO for placing India in the forefront globally: Dr Jitendra Singh
Hyderabad, January 19: The new Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization Dr K Sivan called on Union Minister of State FOR Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh after the Minister Dr Jitendra Singh complimented the new Chairman for taking over the charge of ISRO at a time when the Team ISRO, through its commendable work, has placed India as a frontline nation in the community of world nations.
Delivering keynote address at the International Space Conference of ‘Geospatial World Forum’, Dr Jitendra Singh complimented Team ISRO for having placed India as a front-line leader in the community of world nations while in the last three years, the use of diverse applications of space technology to carry forward the Modi government’s infrastructural and transformational programmes has brought space technology to the doorstep of every Indian household.
Singh said, it is primarily the personal indulgence, intervention and patronage provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which has made space technology an essential part of Modi’s “Transforming India” mission, which will finally culminate in the building of “New India”. It was at the behest of Prime Minister that perhaps, the first-of-its-kind, extended brain-storming interaction was held between space scientists and the representatives of different departments in Government of India, in order to understand the areas where space technology could be put into use.
In the last three years, Singh said, Space Technology today is playing a crucial part in carrying forward a number of flagship programmes of the Modi Government, including Smart City programme, Urban and Housing schemes, guarding of unmanned railway crossings, Geo-tagging of MNREGA, procurement of Utilization Certificates of roads and other projects, agricultural soil testing, he added.
The New Year began with the January 12 launching of 28 foreign satellites which, has justified the dream of our founding father Vikram Sarabhai and evidently proved that even those nations of the world which began their space programme several years before us, today feel confident enough to repose their faith and trust in us to launch their satellites. The year that has just ended, he said, set some world records like launching of 104 satellites in a single go, launching of South Asia satellite and completion of 3 years of Mangalyaan in the orbit.