Minister invited to Washington Congress

A delegation of International Astronautical Federation (IAF) led by Christian Feichtinger, Executive Director, IAF, discussed various issues related to the developments in Department of Space during meeting with Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, in Delhi on 31 July 2019.

The delegation also discussed the possibility of holding International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in India in near future, pointing out that the experience of hosting IAC twice earlier, in 1988 at Bangalore and in 2007 at Hyderabad.

The delegation complimented the Indian scientists for their recent space missions like Chandrayaan-2 and planned Gaganyaan mission.

The delegation extended invitation to the Minister to participate in the upcoming International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to be held in Washington on 21-25 October 2019.

The meeting was attended by Elena Feichtinger, Project Manager and Special Advisor, IAF, as well as S Somanathan, Distinguished Scientist and Director VSSC, ISRO, R. Umamaheswaran, Scientist Secretary, ISRO, Dr D Gowrishankar, Director, International Cooperation ISRO HQ and U Sreerekha, Associate Director, International Cooperation, ISRO HQ.

The IAC is the biggest annual Space event in the world attracting more than 6,000 participants, including leaders of Space agencies and industry; young professionals and students.

Each year International Astronautical Federation (IAF) in collaboration with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) organizes the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

IAC serves as a platform for knowledge sharing in astronautics, and broadening international cooperation.

IAF is an international space advocacy and non-governmental organisation based in Paris.

IAF, established in 1951 to foster the dialogue between scientists around the world and support international cooperation in all space-related activities, is the world’s leading space advocacy body with 366 members, including all key space agencies, companies, societies, associations and institutes across 68 countries. fiinews.com