Spats (Space Technology Students' Society) IIT Kharagpur
The Space Technology Students' Society (spAts), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) is the student body of the Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell (KCSTC), IIT Kharagpur . Headed by Prof. Somnath Sengupta ( The Chairman, KCSTC ), the society aims to promote the field of space technology in IIT Kharagpur as well as institutions all over India by conducting Lectures, Events and Workshops AbOUT Space Technology, Astrophysics, Astronomy and Various related fields at national level thereby channelizing IDeaS, innovation and energy of students in this direction.
History
The society was started in the summer of 2008 under the guidance of Prof. Somnath Sengupta ( President, SpAts ). Till now it has worked enthusiastically to accomplish its objectives. It has organized a couple of seminars for the first year undergraduate students, a workshop on iSputnik and a Guest lecture by Dr.S.K.Shivkumar, Director ISTRAC at Kshitij 2009. It has also launched its official News Letter "The Moon Walk" in January 2009.
Objectives
spAts aims to promote the Field of Space Science and Technology in IIT Kharagpur as well as institutions all over India by conducting lectures, events and workshops about space technology, astrophysics, astronomy and various related fields at national level while channelizing ideas, innovation and energy of students' in this direction.
Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell
The Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell (KCSTC), IIT Kharagpur was established in 1998 which was renamed from Space Technology Cell in 2004 in the memory of Dr. Kalpana Chawla, a NASA's Astronaut of Indian Origin.
It provides a single window to IIT-KGP for communication with ISRO. It is Headed by Prof. Somnath Sengupta (Department Of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering).
The cell works in the field of MEMS, Communications, Cryogenics, Control Systems, Micro Propulsions, VLSI design, RF Design,Electromagnetism, EMI-EMC and ESD, etc.
The MoonWalk
It is the official News Letter of spAts. The first EDition was published in January 2009. It will cover various knowledgeable articles related to Space Science and Technology and also some funny stuff. It will also cover knowledge about the carrier opportunities in the Space field and also various internship and project work available all over India for students to apply their knowledge and innovation.
External links
- spAts Website- Official Website of spAts
- KCSTC Website- Official Website of KCSTC