300 school students attend Space on Wheels expo at IIIT Sri City

The IIIT Sri City Director said the models of Chandrayaan-2, Mars Mission, etc, that were on display in the exhibition will motivate students to contribute towards building technology-based systems.

The Space on Wheels exhibition of Satish Dhawan Space Centre-Sriharikota Range (SDSC SHAR) was held at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Sri City. IIIT Sri City Director Prof G Kannabiran inaugurated the event which was attended by the general manager of SHAR and chairman of Space on Wheels exhibition committee Srinivasulu, students, staff, faculties and Deans from IIIT Sri City.

They went around the display in the bus and the audio-visuals describing activities of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) over the past decades. The IIIT Sri City Director said the models of Chandrayaan-2, Mars Mission, etc, that were on display in the exhibition would motivate students to contribute towards building technology-based systems. The exhibition was attended by more than 300 students from several schools in Sri City, government schools in Irugulam, Madarapakkam along with 1,100 students and faculty of IIIT. 
Meanwhile, SVSSC government degree college Physics students won prizes in poster presentation competitions held by SDSC SHAR on the occasion of World Space Week celebrations. Praveen Kumar won the first prize while CH Prasad got second prize. In women’s wing, K Divya bagged the first prize and T Lakshmi Priya secured the second prize. They were felicitated by the college Principal SLB Sankara Sarma. He also congratulated the Physics faculty V Raja and J Subrahmanyam for training the students. 
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