Kerala
Technology
capital to become space city of India: CM
Space Park organises EDGE 2020, Global conclave on Space Technology at Trivandrum Space technology is chosen as a key focus industry vertical for Kerala. Presence of nearly 45% scientific pool of ISRO and the IIST, which has deemed
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r. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister has said that the government is planning to build a world-class space technology ecosystem in the capital city. “By collaborating with ISRO and all the space organisations in the state and country, we would like to build a world-class space technology ecosystem so that city of God’s Own
Country will be known as the space city of India,” the Chief Minister remarked. Mr. Vijayan was speaking while inaugurating the two-day international conclave on Space Technology, EDGE 2020, organised by India’s first Space Park under Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited (KSITIL) with
university status and country’s only space and science technology institution, makes the capital quite a unique place for the growth of the space-tech ecosystem here. Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, inaugurating the two-day international conclave on Space Technology, EDGE 2020, at Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Dr Arabinda Mitra, Scientific Secretary, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to Government of India, Mr. M. Sivasankar IAS, Secretary to the CM, and Principal Secretary, Electronics and IT Dept., Kerala, Ms. Catherine Suard, Consul General of France; Mr. Rashed Khamis Al Shemeili, Charge d’affaires of Consulate General of UAE; Ms Sarah Fallon, Head of Science and Innovation, British High Commission; Mr. Roy. M. Cheriyan, Deputy Director, VSSC; and Mr. M.C Dathan, Scientific Adviser to the Chief Minister, are also seen.
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