Question

What are the facilities the indian government provides in the field of education?

Answer 1

The Department of Space, Government of India has provided comprehensive facilities of the Centre in terms of institutional support, expert teaching staff, buildings, laboratories and financial support. This has made it possible for the centre to conduct its educational programmes in an efficient and state of the art mode. As a result, the Centre conducts its activities in one of the aforesaid institutions of department of space and enjoys its access to all its physical and intellectual facilities. All the educational programmes are conduct in English requiring the participants to have proficiency in language. The candidates aspiring to have ambition must have a master's degree in science or bachelor's degree in engineering in relevant discipline. The courses are taught with the use of modern teaching methods like multimedia and modern aids. Printed and digital (CD-ROM) course material of the lectures is provided. The teaching methods include class room lectures, video lectures, computer based training packages, laboratory experiments, group discussions, demonstrations, seminar presentation and field work/case studies (as applicable). Computer based interactive multimedia packages are also used for self learning. As a part of course curriculum, the participants have the opportunity to visit national facilities in different Centres of ISRO and other organizations concerned to their field. The faculty for the course consists of scientists in different fields largely drawn from the host institutes and also from other centres of ISRO and various other agencies/universities from India. These experts have long and varied experience in the field of space science, technology and applications. A few visiting international experts also deliver guest lectures on specialized topics.