July 08, 2025

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in association with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, organised a second edition of ISRO–STC Confluence on July 1st & 2nd, 2025 at IIT Kharagpur.

Dr. V Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, DoS inaugurated the confluence and released the ISRO - STC Confluence Proceedings in the presence of Scientific Secretary, ISRO and Director, IIT Kharagpur. It is a comprehensive document of compilation of select research projects from the nine STCs established by ISRO in premier academic institutions across the country. These projects have demonstrated significant technological relevance and have contributed directly to various ISRO missions in domains including spacecraft systems, propulsion, sensors, materials, and AI applications.

Around 150 faculty members from ISRO’s STCs have participated in the confluence, along with around 50 senior ISRO scientists and deliberated on various research opportunities & challenges in ISRO’s current & future missions. Chairman ISRO emphasized the critical role of academia–ISRO collaboration in achieving self-reliance in high-end space technologies. He commended the contributions of the nine STC partner institutions and encouraged deeper scientific engagement in alignment with ISRO’s future missions.

This two day’s confluence reflected ISRO’s deep commitment not only to technological advancement through academic partnership but also invoking thoughts has been shared in this forum.