ISRO, Department of Space, and Central University of Jammu (CUJ) has jointly established a Space science center for carrying out research in Space science and technology in the Central University campus, Jammu. The Centre is named after the renowned Space Scientist, teacher and former Chairman, ISRO, Prof. Satish Dhawan, who hailed from Jammu & Kashmir.
The Satish Dhawan Space Science Centre was inaugurated by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (MoS) for Space, in the presence of Somanath S, Chairman, ISRO/Secretary DOS, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Former Chairman, ISRO & Member, Space Commission and Prof. Sanjeev Jain, VC-CUJ, on March 12, 2022.
Dr. Jitendra Singh mentioned that the institute will open up new vistas in the region for academicians, industrialists and startups in the Space domain. He also opined that the Space applications cut across all the technology domains, and Space will become an unavoidable technology in the years to come in all walks of life.
The Centre houses different labs/facilities related to geospatial data analysis, materials, astrophysics, natural disasters and avionics. Inauguration is followed by a two days conference on “Frontiers of Space Technology and Applications for Humanity” with technical sessions where Directors of IIRS, PRL, NARL, SPL and Sr. ISRO scientists and Sr. faculty from Central University of Jammu delivered talks related the above areas of research.
