Nellore: Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, Isro secretary, department of space, and the chief minister of Tripura, Biplab Kumar, remotely inaugurated from Bengaluru on Tuesday the first STIC (Space Technology Incubation Centre) which is being established at NIT, Agartala, Tripura. STIC is a novel concept conceived by Indian Space Research Organisation to tie up the academia, industry and research and development institutions in different regions of the country.
STIC will offer projects to Research, Post graduate and under graduate students from important ongoing and futuristic programmes of Isro. This is expected to inculcate the much required research culture among the student community. Final year students will be exposed to problems that are of relevance and importance to Isro. Proofs of concept or prototypes developed by them will be manufactured by nearby industries having tie up with Isro.
