1 lakh students apply for ISRO training

As many as one lakh students have applied for the Indian Space Research Organisation training programme, 'YUva VIgyani KAryakram' (YUVIKA).

Around one lakh students from across the country applied for a residential training programme from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) of which 150 were selected, the space agency said on Tuesday. The 'YUva VIgyani KAryakram' (YUVIKA) is being conducted by ISRO from May 16 to May 28. ISRO said 150 students were selected from all the states and Union territories of the country.

The YUva VIgyani KAryakram' (YUVIKA) training was organised at five centres of ISRO, including Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, and North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Shillong.

The programme includes classroom lectures, hands-on activities, interaction with eminent scientists, lab/facility visits, sky gazing, robotic assembly, and 'Cansat' experiments, according to an ISRO statement.

All the students will be taken to SDSC SHAR- Sriharikota, the spaceport of India, for a visit and face-to-face interaction with ISRO Chairman S Somanath, it was stated.

"Around one lakh students applied for the programme. Finally, 150 students were selected based on the academic scores and achievements in other co-curricular activities", ISRO said.

Somanath inaugurated YUVIKA-2022 in a virtual event on Monday. Addressing the gathering, Somanath urged the students to fully utilise the opportunity to interact with the senior scientists and technocrats whom they are going to meet in the next two weeks.