Seminar on “ISRO initiatives and Programs for Academia”

Department of ECS, Pillai HOC College of Engineering and Technology (PHCET), Rasayani in association with the IETE Students Forum organized Seminar on “ISRO program awareness and importance” on Wednesday, 12th July, 2023.

The Seminar started at 11:15 a.m. in A-105. Ms. Priya Tambe introduced invited speaker for session, Dr. Karthik N. a faculty from Department of Civil Engineering and ISRO outreach network coordinator. Dr. Mansi Subhedar, Head, Department of ECS guided students about importance of attending various certified courses offered by ISRO from curriculum point of view as well as from career point of view.

Dr. Karthik had explained the objectives of ISRO Outreach Centre. ISRO encourages greater participation from academia, for generating human resources in space science and technology, expanding the user base of the space exploration mission data, and fostering an ecosystem to facilitate active participation of the students in space science and technology research. He also brief about START program where BE students are eligible to apply for online skill development program.

Total 25 students of B.E class benefited from this Seminar. The session was very interactive and students showed their interest in the topic and promised to get registered for upcoming ISRO programs. The program concluded with a question and answer session followed by a vote of thanks to the speaker.