ANU Engineering College bags ISRO project

                                                                                        

The ANU College of Engineering has bagged a prestigious project to design and fabricate Satellite Choke Ring Antennas (SCRA) to receive and retransmit data from the seven satellites to be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the next five years.

It is going to be a giant leap for students and faculty members of Acharya Nagarjuna University College of Engineering into fame.

The project, part of indigenously developed Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNS), of the ISRO envisions launch of seven satellites - three satellites to be placed into geostationary orbit and four satellites into geosynchronous orbit.

The ANU has bagged the project after successfully completing a project of designing of Patch Antennae.

“We are happy to bag the project, for which there has been an intense bidding, including from IITs.

We will make the best use of the opportunity by training our faculty members and students,'' said Professor Siddaiah.

The launch of the satellites would play a major role in transmitting data relating to position, navigation of oil extraction, gas extraction, and mobile communication. They could also be used for defence purpose.

“We have been asked to design and fabricate the Choke Ring Antennas (CRA). The project duration is two years and the estimated cost of the project is Rs. 27 lakh,'' Principal of ANU College of Engineering P. Siddaiah told The Hindu on Monday. Professor Siddhaiah would be heading a team comprising 10 faculty members and a few students.