Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Young IT Professionals Prefer ISRO Now - Jan 28, 2009

After the success of Chandrayaan-1, many young software engineers were applying for posts in ISRO, a top official in the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), said on Jan 27. During interviews these engineers have stated that they lacked professional satisfaction in IT companies as well as their jobs. However, they also stated that they wanted to work in space related programmes, by which they could at least be proud and part of a great mission, Dr G J Samathanam, Advisor, DoST said.

Samathanam said Chandrayaan-1 success has put India in elite lunar club that comprising of Russia as well as US, Japan, China and European Space Agency. On the top of this he stated that India would land on the moon by 2025, considering the potential in science and technology. However, in the 11th five-year plan Rs 1.25 lakh crore have been allocated. Apart from this, he said the biggest concern today was that how this huge allocation would become functional and mission oriented investment.

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