ISRO’S Residential Young Scientist Training Programme (YUVIKA 2022) Receives 1 Lakh Students’ Applications

Sonam Rana updated Content Curator updated

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New Delhi: The residential training programme, YUVIKA 2022, organised by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received approximately 1 lakh applicants from students all over the country. Out of the 1 lakh applications, ISRO has selected 150 candidates.

ISRO’S Residential Young Scientist Training Programme (YUVIKA 2022) Receives 1 Lakh Students’ Applications

ISRO is going to conduct the ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ (YUVIKA) programme from May 16 to 28, 2022. ISRO organises this programme to provide basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space applications among the young students, preferably from rural backgrounds.

The programme is also expected to encourage more students to pursue studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) based subjects.

ISRO YUVIKA 2022: Programme Impacts

As per the notification, participants of this programme are to get a chance to interact with eminent scientists, receive classroom lectures, try hands-on activities, lab or facility visits, sky gazing, robotic assembly, ‘Cansat’ experiments and so on. All the participants will be taken to the SDSC SHAR-Sriharikota, the space port of India, for a visit and face to face interaction with ISRO Chairman S. Somnath.

ISRO YUVIKA Training Centres:

ISRO organised the training at five centres. Those centres are the following:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru
Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad
North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Shillong

The programme was inaugurated by Dr. S. Somanath on Monday, May 16, 2022. He gave the speech while asking the participants to fully utilise this opportunity to interact with the senior scientists and technocrats. He also shared how this course can impact the students’ understanding of the fields of Engineering, Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Mathematics, Material Science, Chemistry and Computer Science- basically all the integral parts of Space Technology.

Moreover, he also appealed to the students to become “ambassadors” of ISRO and utilise the experience to promote the programme among their classmates, teachers, and the general public. This is to let them know how ISRO is impacting and creating a pathway for young minds interested in this field. The motto is to “Catch them young” or boost their interests in this vast area of STEM research.

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