Manned space mission to see industry-academia collaboration: Isro Chairman

The project will make every Indian proud, says Isro Chairman K Sivan

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been gearing up for an increased number of launches in the near future, including its second mission to moon ( the Chandrayaan-2) and the first mission to the sun (Aditya L-1).

The Prime Minister on Wednesday announced another ambitious project for Isro, revealing plans to send a manned mission to space by 2022. In an interaction with T E Narasimhan, K Sivan, Chairman of ISRO and Secretary to the Department of Science, said the mission, along with other projects, will see more industry-academia collaboration. Edited excerpts:

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