Lok Sabha Question No. 2730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: R&D Centre
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Francisco Cosme Sardinha

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2730

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2019 R&D CENTRE

## 2730.   SHRI COSME FRANCISCO CAITANO SARDINHA:

- Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
- (a) whether ISRO has any plans to set up Research and Development (R&D) centres across the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details of the proposed centres, State /UT-Wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  would  consider  setting  up  a  R&D centre of ISRO in economically, educationally and technologically  advanced  State  of  Goa  located  centrally  on western seaboard of India and having good Infrastructure for space related R&D; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons for exclusion of Goa from ISRO's plans?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- Yes, Sir.
- (b) State/UT  wise  Research  and  Development  centers  are  as follows:

Space Technology Cells (STCs): 1. STCIISc Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka. 2. STCIIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharastra. 3. STC- IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. 4. STCIIT  Kharagpur,  Kharagpur,  West  Bengal.  5.  STC-  IIT  Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 6. STC- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune,  Maharastra.  7.  STC-  IIT  Roorkee,  Roorkee,  Uttrakhand. 8. STC- IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam. 9. STC- IIT Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi.

Regional Academic Centres for Space (RACS): 1. RACS (Western  Zone)  -  MNIT  Jaipur,  Jaipur,  covers  Dadar  &  Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman & Diu, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. 2.  RACS (North-Eastern Zone) - Gauhati University, Guwahati, covers Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. 3. RACS (Northern Zone)- NIT Kurukshetra,  Kurukshetra,  covers  Delhi,  Haryana,  Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Uttarakhand. 4. RACS (Southern  Zone)  -  NITK  Surathkal,  Mangalore,  cover  Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu  and  Telangana.  5.  RACS  (Central  Zone)  -  IIT  (BHU), Varanasi, cover Chhattisgarh, Madhya  Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.  6.  RACS  (Eastern)  -  NIT  Patna,  Patna,  covers  A&N Islands, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal.

Space Technology Incubation Centres (S-TICs) : 1. S-TIC (North Eastern Zone)NIT Agartala, covers Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim  and

Tripura. 2. S-TIC (Northern Zone)NIT Jalandhar, covers Chandigarh,  Delhi  NCT,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu Kashmir,  Punjab  and  Uttarakhand.  3.  S-TIC  (Southern  Zone)NIT Trichy, covers Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. 4. S-TIC (Western  Zone)-  NIT  Nagpur,  covers  Dadar  &  Nagar  Haveli, Daman  &  Diu,  Goa,  Gujarat, Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan. 5.  S-TIC  (Eastern  Zone)-  NIT  Rourkela,  covers  Andaman  & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal. 6.  STIC(Central Zone) MANIT Bhopal, covers Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

## (c) & (d)

Birla Institute of  Technology  and  Science,  Goa, National Institute  of  Technology,  Goa  and  Goa  College  of  Engineering, Goa are covered under Regional Academic Centres for Space (RACS) for the Western zone at MNIT, Jaipur and will actively participate in the research and development activities.

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