Cusat Radar to be Part of Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India Programme’

KOCHI:
The much anticipated indigenously developed Stratosphere- Troposphere Radar in Cusat is declared to be included in the Prime Ministers Make in India program. The procedure took place at a meeting held on June 22, at the NITI Aayog, New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog.
Make in India is a major national programme of the Govt. of India designed to facilitate investment, foster innovation, enhance skill development, protect intellectual property and build best in class
manufacturing infrastructure in the country. The initiative hopes to boost the technological skill enhancement in India. The meeting was attended by high level officials comprising of Secretary of SERB,
representatives of Union Secretaries to DST, Ministry of Earth Sciences, ISRO, Indian Air Force, Dept. of Space, in addition to the CUSAT Team comprising Dr. K. Mohankumar (Project Director), Prof. P. Mohanan, Dr. M. G. Manoj and Er. Titu K. Samson.
The SERB, Dept. of Science and Technology, had earlier initiated three projects to develop ST Radars as part of indigenous technology development efforts towards advanced scientific research in India. In
the process, one Wind Profiler Radar at 205 MHz frequency of operation popularly known as ST Radar was developed and tested at Cochin for the first time in the world.
The CUSAT ST Radar project is unique in terms of time resolution and height coverage (up to 20 km) to address various climatic scientific issues centered at Cochin.