The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) needs to focus more on research and less on production and delivery in the days ahead, ISRO chairman S. Somanath has said.
Inaugurating the 15th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Valiyamala, on Monday, Mr. Somanath also urged ISRO and IIST to remodel themselves for adapting to the transformations taking place in the space ecosystem in India.
Mr. Somanath noted that, over the years, the focus in ISRO moved to production and operationalisation. A shift to research and development is very important, as ISRO was originally designed for R&D, he said. ISRO was one of the few organisations that produced tangible outcomes from its research, he said.
