Report of The Expert Committee to Consider the Proposal of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram for Deemed to Be University Status

Abstract

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) has been registered under Travancore - Cochi Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act No. 12/1995 vide Serial No. T 25/07 year 2007 with the purpose of establishing a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 (Annexure-I). The proposed institute would be fully funded by the Department of Space, Government of India. The main purpose of the proposed deemed university is to provide trained manpower to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). ISRO is likely to induct about 350 bright engineers annually to meet its challenging target. The curriculum at IIST will be custom-built taking into consideration the requirements of technologies being pursued in ISRO while keeping the generic requirement of engineering and science content intact. The Institute will have two 4 year B.Tech programmes in the fields of Avionics, Aerospace and 5 year integrated Master of Science programme in Applied Science. The integrated masters programmes will have specializations in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric/Oceanographic Science, Material Science and Remote Sensing & GIS. Further, the Institute will in the near future also offer Post Graduate courses in engineering, research programmes in specialized fields of Space Technology & Science and a few post doctoral programmes in close association with ISRO.