Apart from developing heavy lift launchers and reusable launch vehicles, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is concentrating on building low cost space vehicles.
The Indian space agency is also developing cryogenic engines, but it is mainly focusing on low cost access to space, ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar recently said, addressing the sixth convocation ceremony at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management in Visakhapatnam.
Moreover, the recent success of the Mars Orbiter Mission was a result of a tremendous team effort and innovative use of limited resources to achieve defined goals, said Kumar.
"Advances in satellite remote sensing, global navigation satellite systems and geographic information system are now making it easier to integrate ecological, environmental and other information for developing predictive models that can be used in the surveillance and control of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever," the space scientist said.
He observed that use of technology in tackling social issues and empowering disadvantaged groups still remains significantly under-explored.
Appealing for environment-friendly lifestyle, the ISRO chairman said: "The society must concentrate to green their lifestyle (sic) and lessen the negative impact of technology on natural environment."
He advised students to innovate and develop techniques that can play a key role in development of nation without having any adverse impact on environment.
Kumar appealed to them to explore alternate energy sources so as to cut down the need for mega scale generation and distribution systems.
A total of 2,579 students received graduate and post-graduate degrees while six students were presented M.Phil and 60 students the PhD in streams like engineering, management, science, pharmacy and international business.
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