Registrations are invited for ISRO START 2025: Space Science and Technology AwaReness Training Programme by ISRO. The last date of registration is January 7, 2025.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of India. The organisation is involved in science, engineering and technology to harvest the benefits of outer space for India and the mankind. ISRO is a major constituent of the Department of Space (DOS), Government of India.
START is an introductory level online training in space science and technology for the under-graduate and post-graduate students of science and technology. The third edition of Space science and Technology Awareness Training (START) 2025 programme will be conducted during January – February 2025. In this connection, ISRO solicits Expression of Interest to host START -2025 in educational institutes/Universities/Colleges within India who are offering UG /PG courses in physical sciences and technology.
The main objective of the training programme is to attract the youngsters to the fields of space science and technology. The training modules will comprise introductory level topics on various verticals of space science and technology. In addition to these, there will be sessions on Indian space exploration programme and research opportunities.
Online training is tentatively scheduled to be conducted during 9th Jan – 31st January 2025 followed by online test. The training programme is about 2 hrs/day. The successful candidates of the online test, which would be conducted at the end of the training, would be provided merit certificate / participation certificate. Those who would score high grade in the introductory level training, would be considered for the next level of advanced training.
Post-graduate students and preferably the final year under graduate students of physical sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and technology (e.g. Electronics, Computer Science, Mechanical, Applied Physics, Radiophysics, Optics & Opto-electronics, Instrumentation and other associated subjects) studying in educational institutes/Universities/Colleges within India are eligible to be considered for the training.
START is aimed to reach out to the maximum beneficiaries not only to students belonging to Institutions in India but also to registered individuals. The students of approved nodal centres as well as individuals can register and join the online training programme by choosing the appropriate category for registration as detailed below.
Category-1: Students from approved START host institutes/nodal centres
Post-graduate students and preferably the final year under graduate students of physical sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and technology (e.g. Electronics, Computer Science, Mechanical, Applied Physics, Radiophysics, Optics & Opto-electronics, Instrumentation and other associated subjects) studying in educational institutes/ Universities/ Colleges in India are eligible to be considered for the training under this category. Participation certificate / merit certificate will be provided to the eligible students.
Category-2: Individuals of any background
Interested individual participants (including students who are not eligible / could not join through the category-1) of any background can directly register and attend the live sessions through Youtube Channel of IIRS. Participation certificate will be provided to the eligible participants.
Category-3: Public for knowledge gain
Public can watch the live sessions of START for knowledge gain without registering in the website. Here is the link.
There is no registration fee / admission fee/ examination fee and the whole training is offered on free of cost.
Interested participants can register themselves online via this link.
