Lok Sabha Question No. 3044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Regional Centres of ISRO
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA

## 3044.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3044

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016

## REGIONAL CENTRES OF ISRO

- SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  Regional  Centres  of  Indian  Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the country and the number of persons working in these organisations;
- (b) whether the Department of Space proposes to set up more centres in the country and if so, the details thereof Statewise; and
- (c) the time by which these centres are likely to be started?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) The Regional Centres of ISRO along with number of persons working in these Centres is given as under:
- (b) No Madam. At present, Department of Space does not have any plan to set up more centres in the country.
- (c) Does not arise.

|   SN | Name of the Centre / Location                            |   Approved manpower |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|    1 | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |                4722 |
|    2 | ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka              |                2549 |
|    3 | Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat            |                2274 |

|   4. | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh                             |   2116 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|    5 | Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala, Kerala                                 |   1000 |
|    6 | National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana                                |    976 |
|    7 | ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu                                   |    679 |
|    8 | Master Control Facility, Hassan                                                     |    397 |
|    9 | ISRO Telemetry, Tracking & Command Network, Bangalore, Karnataka                    |    367 |
|   10 | ISRO Inertial Systems Unit, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                              |    346 |
|   11 | Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka                              |    292 |
|   12 | Laboratory for Electro-optical Systems, Bangalore, Karnataka                        |    188 |
|   13 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand                           |    147 |
|   14 | Development & Educational Communication Unit, Ahmedabad, Gujarat                    |     78 |
|   15 | ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                |     46 |
|   16 | Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka                                |     34 |
|   17 | Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                  |     29 |
|   18 | Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Nagpur, Maharasthra                                 |     28 |
|   19 | Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal                                |     26 |
|   20 | INSAT Master Control Facility, Bhopal                                               |     26 |
|   21 | ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands |      6 |

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