ISRO to Sponsor 50 Student Delegates to International Astronautical Congress

ISRO, along with Astronautical Society of India (ASI), will select 50 Indian students who will be sponsored as Student Delegates to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2007), which is being hosted by ASI and ISRO at Hyderabad, during September 23-28, 2007. The congress is organised by the International Asronautical Federation in cooperation with the International Academy of Astronautics and International Institute of Space Law. It is a prestigious International Space Event attended by about 2000 delegates from Space Agencies, industries, academia and international organisations.

Students studying in 11th and 12th Standard/Pre-University, under-graduate students who have already completed their first year in Science, Engineering or Law Courses and post graduate students of science, engineering and law will be eligible for selection.

Details of selection procedure are available on website www.iac2007.org

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : April 13, 2007