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Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology - IIST Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), situated at Thiruvananthapuram is a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.

IIST functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Space, Government of India.

๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญOn 22 October 2026, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvana...
23/10/2026

๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ

On 22 October 2026, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, hosted 23 M.Sc. Chemistry students and two faculty members from Mar Ivanios College as part of a Science and Technology Exposure Visit.

The programme included an introductory video about IIST, interactions with faculty members and research scholars, and visits to the X-Ray Diffractometer, Material Characterization, Nanoscience, and ChemiSens Laboratories, followed by a visit to the Satellite Ground Station. The students also visited the IIST Library and explored its available tools and resources.

The visit provided students with valuable exposure to advanced research facilities and the interdisciplinary applications of chemistry, materials science, and space technology.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”International Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated annually on October 23...
22/10/2026

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
International Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. to honor Avogadro's Number (6.02 ร— 10ยฒยณ), the fundamental measuring unit of a mole in Chemistry.

Core Significance

โ€ข Date and Time: The date (10/23) and time (6:02) directly mirror Avogadroโ€™s constant of 6.02 ร— 10ยฒยณ particles (atoms or molecules) per mole.
โ€ข Origin: Inspired by an 1980s magazine article by educator Margaret Christoph, Maurice Oehler founded the National Mole Day Foundation on May 15, 1991, to spark curiosity in chemistry.
โ€ข Amedeo Avogadro: The day pays tribute to the Italian scientist (1776โ€“1858) who first hypothesized that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain an equal number of molecules.


๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ ๐’๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง, ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐„๐„๐„ ๐€๐๐Œ๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญMs. Kathu Sudevan, Research Scholar a...
21/10/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ ๐’๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง, ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐„๐„๐„ ๐€๐๐Œ๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ

Ms. Kathu Sudevan, Research Scholar at the Advanced Microwave Lab, Department of Avionics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), under the guidance of Prof. Chinmoy Saha, has been awarded the IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2026 Student Travel Grant. The grant provides travel support of ยฅ100,000 to present her research paper titled โ€œSpectrally Efficient Single-Sideband PWM Timed Arrays Using Digitally Controlled I/Q Signals.โ€ The conference will be held in Fukuoka, Japan, from 8โ€“11 November 2026. This achievement recognizes her research contributions and provides an opportunity to present her work at an international conference in the field of microwave engineering.

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐๐‹๐’) ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐žUnnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) at IIST, in association with the Indian Medical Association...
17/10/2026

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐๐‹๐’) ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) at IIST, in association with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and IISER Thiruvananthapuram, organised a two-hour programme on Basic Life Support (BLS) on 14 October 2026 at the Seminar Hall, Aerospace Building, IIST. Dr Hemalatha, Chief Medical Officer, and Ms Parvathy, UBA Coordinator at IISER Thiruvananthapuram, accompanied a team of doctors and paramedical staff from Loka Medicity to conduct the practical session and demonstrate essential Basic Life Support techniques. The team was received by the UBA team at IIST, and the programme commenced at 2:00 p.m. Around 80 participants, including students, staff, officers, and faculty members, attended the programme. Dr Gigy J. Alex, UBA Coordinator at IIST, delivered the welcome address. Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph, Pro Vice Chancellor, Chairman, UBA@IIST, presided over the session and Dr Hemlatha highlighted the importance of Basic Life Support training and its relevance in emergency situations.
Dr Nidhin and Dr Sreeju led the technical session, combining explanations with practical demonstrations. The topics covered included cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), chest compressions for adults and infants, first aid for choking, and emergency response to snake bites.
The session was interactive, providing participants with opportunities to observe the demonstrations, clarify their doubts, and engage with the resource persons. A question-and-answer session was also conducted at the end, enabling participants to seek further clarification on the techniques demonstrated. Ms Ananthaleshmi delivered the vote of thanks, expressing appreciation to the resource persons, collaborating institutions, organisers, and participants for their contributions to the successful conduct of the programme.
The programme concluded at 4:15 p.m., followed by refreshments. The session served as a valuable awareness and training initiative, emphasising the importance of basic emergency response skills and equipping participants with essential knowledge to respond more effectively to medical emergencies.

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ
16/10/2026

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ

๐‰๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐˜๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ฑ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉAn intensive hands-on session covering the fundamentals of bot design, Arduino basics...
16/10/2026

๐‰๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐˜๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ฑ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ

An intensive hands-on session covering the fundamentals of bot design, Arduino basics, and winning strategies for Technorion (Techfest's official zonalseries)! Dive into autonomous line-following & sensor calibration (Meshmerize), dynamic terrain spherical bots (ThetaShift), and articulated robotic arms (RoboReach) to gear up for the Grand Finale at IIT Bombay.

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก: ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญIIST has been granted its 28th patent by the Indian Patent Office for an...
15/10/2026

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก: ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

IIST has been granted its 28th patent by the Indian Patent Office for an invention entitled Hybrid Nonlinear-Linear Quantum-Enhanced Optical Gyroscope. The patent, numbered 605906, was filed under Application No. 202641015052 on 11 February 2026 and granted on 14 October 2026. The inventors of the patent are Mr. Ashok Kumar and Ms. Priyanka M. The patent has been granted to the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology for a term of 20 years from 11 February 2026 under the Patents Act, 1970.

Congratulations to Dr. Ashok Kumar - https://www.iist.ac.in/people-faculty-profile/ashok-kumar - and Ms. Priyanka.

๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”As part of World Space Week 2026 celebrations, I...
15/10/2026

๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

As part of World Space Week 2026 celebrations, IIST organised a Science and Technology Exposure Visit on 14 October 2026 for 74 students from Lโ€™ร‰cole Chempaka Silver Rocks School (48 students) and Sree Ramakrishna Samskarika Trust School (26 students).

The programme began with an interaction with Prof. Kuruvila Joseph, Pro Vice-Chancellor, IIST, followed by visits to various laboratories, including the Satellite Ground Station, Astronomical Observatory, Optics Laboratory, Geology Laboratory, Virtual Reality Laboratory, and Flight Mechanics Laboratory. Students from Lโ€™ร‰cole Chempaka Silver Rocks School also attended a special talk by Prof. Srinivasa Murty Srinivasula, Director, IISER Thiruvananthapuram.

The programme provided students with valuable exposure to scientific research, space technology, and higher education opportunities in science and engineering.

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ซ: ๐’๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐Smt. Minu Pramod assumed charge as Registrar, IIST on 1st October, 2026. Be...
13/10/2026

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ซ: ๐’๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐

Smt. Minu Pramod assumed charge as Registrar, IIST on 1st October, 2026. Before joining IIST, she was a distinguished Officer from the 1997 batch of the Indian Civil Service (IRS-Customs and Indirect Taxes). A gold medalist Post Graduate in Biology, she also holds a distinction in MBA (HR). She brings with her nearly three decades of multifaceted administrative and leadership experience across India's indirect tax and public governance architecture.
Her professional journey spans various assignments across the country, including Customs, Central Excise, Vigilance, GST Audit, Infrastructure Development, and Capacity Building. She has undergone various Management and Administrative training at Judges Business School, Cambridge University, Nyenrode Business University, and the London School of Economics, London.
Throughout her distinguished career, Smt. Minu Pramod has been recognised for her dedication, administrative competence, and leadership excellence also being an Officer of pristine integrity with an unblemished track record. She is also a recipient of the Officer of High Integrity Award conferred by the Anti-Corruption Movement of India, Tamil Nadu.
On the capacity-building and social outreach front, she has emerged as a warrior against drug abuse during her tenure in Kerala between 2023-2026. She has reached out to nearly 10,000 stakeholders across Kerala through her awareness camps, covering students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders such as the State Excise and the State Police. She is the key resource person on โ€œDrug abuse prevention: behavioural and social impact, vulnerability patterns and brain rewiringโ€
A hat-trick district topper in public speaking during her student days, she has also been trained in theatre arts and has engaged in poetry and painting.
Transitioning from revenue administration into the specialised academic and research ecosystem of IIST, Smt. Minu Pramodโ€™s leadership will play a vital role in IISTโ€™s institutional growth and future milestones.

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐๐‹๐’) ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐žThe Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), Ministry of Education, Government of India, at IIST, i...
13/10/2026

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐๐‹๐’) ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), Ministry of Education, Government of India, at IIST, in association with IISER Thiruvananthapuram and the Indian Medical Association (IMA), is organising a Basic Life Support (BLS) Demonstration Programme on 14 October at 2:00 PM at IIST. A team of doctors from Loka Medicity will visit our campus to demonstrate essential Basic Life Support techniques.

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