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'Research at a turning point in the country'

Kasturirangan was here to deliver a guest lecture before budding engineers at Paramarsh - the national level non-technical fiesta that kicked off at M S University's Faculty of Technology and Engineering.
'Research at a turning point in the country'
Kasturirangan was here to deliver a guest lecture before budding engineers at Paramarsh - the national level non-technical fiesta that kicked off at M S University's Faculty of Technology and Engineering.
VADODARA: Research in science and technology is at a turning point in the country and the last few years have been a golden period for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), its former chairman Dr K Kasturirangan said here on Friday.
Kasturirangan was here to deliver a guest lecture before budding engineers at Paramarsh - the national level non-technical fiesta that kicked off at M S University's Faculty of Technology and Engineering.

"Without any hesitation I can say that since last few years, there is remarkable progress that ISRO has made. It is golden period for ISRO. There were many difficulties which it has overcome," said Kasturirangan while talking to media persons.
"Ten launches have never happened within a year. With the last flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) MK-II, India has become one of the few countries with such an ability. But what makes this launch all the more significant is ISRO's mastery of the cryogenic engine usage. The indigenously developed system is quite complex and over the years, ISRO used every failure as a stepping stone to reach this stage," he said.
"Now, institutes like the Indian Institute of Sciences have also started offering Rs 3 lakh as start-up grant. And many from Ivy League institutes are looking at India," he said, adding that many first rated Indian universities and institutes are attracting researchers from across the world.
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