COVID-19 SPACE
(Left) The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh taking an online review meeting with the senior officials of the Department of Space on COVID support by the Department, in New Delhi on May 6, 2021; (Right above) Karnataka Chief Minister Flags-off Garuda’s Drone Sanitisation
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DEPARTMENT OF SPACE OFFERS INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIONS TO MANAGE THE CRISIS Three ventilators and an oxygen concentrator have been developed by ISRO’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and are soon expected to be commercially produced By Ayushee Chaudhary Dealing with the havoc that the crisis has brought along in the country during the past couple of weeks, innovation and collaboration has been observed with players from various industries contributing in their own ways. The Department of Space (DoS), Government of India has also been active in initiat-
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ing relevant discussions and steps to curb the virus. Recently, in a notable feat, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, has developed three different types of ventilators and an oxygen concentrator to help cope with the shortage of these critical
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