INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - [IIST], THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Established year : 2007

The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) is a space institute, functions as autonomous body under the Department of Space, Govt. of India and is sponsored by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), recognized from the UGC as ‘Deemed to be University’ (Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956) in 2008. It was inaugurated in 2007 by G. Madahvan Nair, the then chairman of ISRO. It is the first in Asia and the first in the world to offer the complete range of programs in space science and technology under IIST Admission 2019. It is located at Valiamala and is just 18 km from the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station. The former Chancellor of the University is none other the Missile Man, the former President of Indian subcontinent Late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. IIST has signed MoUs with USRA (Universities Space Research Association) of USA and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the exchange of students and faculty. The students passed out from IIST are recruited as scientists and engineers in the Department of Space facilities and Indian Space Research Organization centers all over India.