The Indian Scenario

India is ramping up her space exploration capabilities in an effort to be seen as a major global space power. She is moving beyond her traditional missions of developing communications and remote sensing satellites to focus on new areas, like navigation. She is also working on her first mission to the Moon and has indicated her interest in undertaking manned missions in the future.

India’s space program is branching out into new fields, including deep space exploration and space research. Its R&D facilities have been pioneers in development of indigenous capabilities in almost every sphere of satellite and launch vehicle development. Apart from being accredited with being the curators of vast amounts of astronomical know-how from pre-historic times, India has always understood the importance of Space Exploration and its incomprehensible benefits for mankind. As she sees the dawn of a new era of a developed and dynamic nation, India is ready to spread its wings far and wide and conquer this final frontier called SPACE!

In India, SEDS is working at the forefront of making Space Exploration a popular hobby and develop students’ interest in the field as a viable future career option. The VIT Chapter being the Headquarters of SEDS India has been working tirelessly to achieve this objective. SEDS-VIT has been a role-model, with its various outreach initiatives, seminars, conferences and its active involvement in student space projects, this dynamic chapter is fast becoming the catchword for the most interesting and fascinating events on campus, again all for the Magic that is SPACE