(a) whether Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology has
been set up by the Union Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the technology graduates passing out from the
said institute in a year and whether all of them got employment;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the details of the expenditure incurred on this institute
since its inception to till date?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND
IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY):
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, an academic
institute under the Department of Space, was started during the academic
year 2007-08 at Thiruvananthapuram offering B.Tech programme in three
streams of specialisation viz. (i) Avionics, (ii) Aerospace engineering
and (iii) Physical Science with an objective of providing quality human
resources to Indian Space Programme. Currently 584 students are enrolled
for these graduate courses. In the year 2010 Post graduate courses were
started in Chemical and Software computing & machine learning disciplines
exclusively for ISRO sponsored employees. 29 students of ISRO sponsored
employees are currently pursuing these courses. Ph. D Courses were also
started in the year 2010 with yearly intake of 12 to 15 students.
Currently 49 students are registered for research courses in various
disciplines
(c) & (d) The maiden batch (2011) of students totaling to 117 out
of 126 in three streams of specialisation viz., Avionics, Aerospace
engineering and Physical Science, who have passed out with a score of
6.5 CGPA (the minimum bench mark has been made known to students earlier
itself) have been absorbed in Department of Space (DOS) / Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO).
(e) The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology,
Thiruvananthapuram has incurred a cumulative expenditure of `25,303.11
lakhs as per the following details:
Sl. Year Expenditure No. (Rs In lakhs)
1. 2007-08 969.24
2. 2008-09 4092.84
3. 2009-10 5528.89
4. 2010-11 7904.38
5. 2011-12 6807.76 (upto 29.2.2012 –Un-audited)
Total till 25,303.11 end of February 2012