85% material cost for our rockets comes from industry: Isro Chairman

Isro is trying to handhold industry to make launch vehicles and satellites, utilising more of its own resources for larger missions and technology research

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is now trying to handhold industry to make launch vehicles and satellites, utilising more of its own resources for larger missions and technology research. K SIVAN, chairman of Isro and secretary, department of science, in the Union government, to T E Narasimhan on this and allied measures. Edited excerpts:

You have been emphasising on spreading awareness about Isro's activities to the public.

We have started with expanding the activities at headquarters, to handle the multiple activities we are doing now. This includes the outreach programme and capacity building with a wider vision. The headquarters is