Reportedly to mark the 'World Space Week' of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said it would showcase the benefits of space science to students of seven colleges in Karnataka from October 4 to 10. The ISRO in a statement said "The U.R. Rao Satellite Centre has teamed up with seven colleges to tell students the benefits of our space program to attract them to science & technology stream”.
Furthermore the seven institutions are Poornaprajan Pre-university College at Udupi; SJM Institute of Technology, Chitradurga; Konkan education Trust High School, Kumta; R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru; Tontadarya College of Education, Gadag; sri Sai Vidyaniketan Residential School, Shahpur; and Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur. Reportedly competitions for students, exhibition models of satellites, posters, videos and talks about the Indian space program were part of the agenda.
Moreover the satellite centre designs, develops and makes satellites for the space program to serve key sectors and spur national development. Perhaps the UN observes the space week every year from October 4 to 10, coinciding with the launch of the first man made earth satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957 and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.
