ISRO’s national academic research programme comprising nine Space Technology Cells at leading Indian institutions, governed by joint policy and technical committees to approve continuing space-technology and space-applications research. The 2025 ISRO–STC Confluence brought together about 150 faculty members and 50 senior ISRO scientists around projects from the nine cells, while current research-area and RESPOND proposal cycles continue to align academic work with ISRO’s mission needs.
ISRO’s national academic research programme comprising nine Space Technology Cells at leading Indian institutions, governed by joint policy and technical committees to approve continuing space-technology and space-applications research. The 2025 ISRO–STC Confluence brought together about 150 faculty members and 50 senior ISRO scientists around projects from the nine cells, while current research-area and RESPOND proposal cycles continue to align academic work with ISRO’s mission needs.