Regional Coordinator	National Point of Contact
Asia Pacific	India
Joyeeta Chatterjee	Athiye Jawad	Charitarth Vyas
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SGAC India

Young Space Activities Overview in India

India has traditionally been a place of astronomy since Aryabhata, a famous Indian mathematician, who lived about 1,500 years ago. Several amateur astronomy clubs have spread across the country recently, inspired by the recent success of Chandrayaan. Several student satellite projects are in development and two such satellites have been launched with help from ISRO. SGAC has worked actively in linking people involved in these clubs with each other. Activities in the various astronomy and space clubs include star gazing, rover engineering, small satellite development, quiz competitions, space art creation and many other things.

Country-Specific Events in 2011

• National Conference on Electric Propulsion Systems: (February 23-24, 2011; Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Bangalore): The two day conference provides a common platform for scientists, technologists and engineers to present and exchange their views on various aspects of electric propulsion systems.
• National Conference for ISRO Women (March 8, 2011; National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad): National Remote Sensing Centre is hosting the National Conference for ISRO Women on the occasion of International Women’s Day celebrations. The Conference will be held at NRSC’s Hyderabad campus.
• Yuri's Night Party 2011 (April 12, 2011; across India): The 50th anniversary celebrations of human spaceflight are expected to be celebrated across the country.
• SEDS India National Conference 2011 (April 2011; Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Bhopal): This is the annual conference of the Indian chapter of SEDS with several events, lectures, competitions and workshops.
• Solar Eclipse Conference 2011, (December 15th - 17th ,Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi):
  This edition of the conference  tries to bring the professional and the amateur community together.It links together various individuals, eclipse chasers, students, amateur astronomers, groups, companies, scientific institutions, government agencies, organisations through the common link of a Solar Eclipse.
  For further details, please visit, http://eclipsechasers.in/about_sec_india.html
• Conference on Space Transportation System (sts2011) (December 16-18 2011,Thiruvananthapuram):
  
  The National Conference aims to bring together the generation of aerospace leaders, academia and industrial partners on a comman paltform to share their insights, discuss developments in commercial Space Transportation and related areas, thus providing impetus to fruitful professional interactions. For more information, please visit, http://www.sts2011.in:8080/sts2011/index.jsp
• 14th International Conference  of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XIV) on  Physical Sciences Interface with Humanity (Dec 22-24 ,2011, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology): http://www.svnit.ac.in/conferences/CONIAPS.pdf

Interesting Web Links for the Young Generation in India

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): http://www.isro.gov.in
ISRO Student's Corner with interesting flash based interactive content about space, India's launch vehicles and the Space Museum: http://www.isro.gov.in/scripts/spacemuseum-flash.aspx
39th COSPAR Meeting, July 14-22, 2012 in  Infosys Training Centre, Mysore: http://www.cospar2012india.org/