12-12-2003, 01:32 AM
An excerpt from,
http://www.isro.org/newsletters/spaceindia...webpgs/pg11.htm
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Indian space activities received a high level of recognition at the Congress. Dr K Kasturirangan, Member of the upper house of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Chairman, ISRO was selected for the prestigious international award of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) â the Allan D Emil Memorial Award for 2004. This award, which is given to a distinguished personality for significant and life-time contribution for the development of space and astronautics, will be presented in the 55th IAF in Vancouver during October 4-8, 2004. <b> Also, Dr Kasturirangan was elected as the Vice President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and in this capacity, he will steer the scientific activities of the academy in the coming years. </b> The IAA is an international academy, which aims to foster the development of astronautics and space for peaceful purposes. <b> It is a non-governmental organisation recognized by the United Nations </b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo--> and has members from 65 countries. An IAA Regional Workshop is proposed to be held in India on a selected topic in 2005 which will be led by Dr Kasturirangan.
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<b> Is this proper?...can a MP take such job at UN NGO?
And instead of that why not give him some wonderfull job of recruitment for ISRO or open a new R&D center as part of ISRO and hand over it to him where it will be 100% industry investment will be allowed.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
why not give him 100 carore and ask him to setup institutions across india hand in hand with industry? Since he was chairman of ISRO,i assume he knows all management things about such space research institution.
When we are going tobe serious about our national aims? <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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http://www.isro.org/newsletters/spaceindia...webpgs/pg11.htm
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Indian space activities received a high level of recognition at the Congress. Dr K Kasturirangan, Member of the upper house of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Chairman, ISRO was selected for the prestigious international award of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) â the Allan D Emil Memorial Award for 2004. This award, which is given to a distinguished personality for significant and life-time contribution for the development of space and astronautics, will be presented in the 55th IAF in Vancouver during October 4-8, 2004. <b> Also, Dr Kasturirangan was elected as the Vice President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and in this capacity, he will steer the scientific activities of the academy in the coming years. </b> The IAA is an international academy, which aims to foster the development of astronautics and space for peaceful purposes. <b> It is a non-governmental organisation recognized by the United Nations </b> <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo--> and has members from 65 countries. An IAA Regional Workshop is proposed to be held in India on a selected topic in 2005 which will be led by Dr Kasturirangan.........................................
<b> Is this proper?...can a MP take such job at UN NGO?
And instead of that why not give him some wonderfull job of recruitment for ISRO or open a new R&D center as part of ISRO and hand over it to him where it will be 100% industry investment will be allowed.. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> why not give him 100 carore and ask him to setup institutions across india hand in hand with industry? Since he was chairman of ISRO,i assume he knows all management things about such space research institution.
When we are going tobe serious about our national aims? <!--emo&:furious--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/furious.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='furious.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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