Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START)
29.03.2024
Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START)
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For the Prelims:About Space Science and Technology Awareness Training Programme,Important points |
Why in the news?
Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START) 2024 program will be organized by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Important points:
- The space agency will conduct the START 2024 program during April and May.
- In this regard, the space agency requests Expression of Interest (EOI) for hosting START-2024 from educational institutions, universities, colleges in India which are offering UG and PG courses in Physical Sciences and Technology.
About Space Science and Technology Awareness Training Programme:
- ISRO has unveiled a new introductory level online training program called 'Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START)'.
- The objective of this program is to attract youth in the field of space science and technology.
- It is specifically targeted at postgraduate and final year undergraduate students who are studying Physics and Technology.
- The program will include various domains of space science, as well as astronomy and astrophysics, heliophysics and Sun-Earth interaction, instruments and aeronomy (the study of the upper atmospheric regions of the Earth and other Solar System bodies).
- It will be implemented by scientists from Indian academic institutions and ISRO centres.
- The START program is part of ISRO's efforts to help Indian students become professionals in the field of space science and technology.
Source: Times of India