Motto | विद्या सन्धि: प्रवचनम् सन्धानम्। (Sanskrit) |
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Type | Deemed University[1] |
Established | 2007 |
Parent institution | Indian Space Research Organisation |
Chancellor | B. N. Suresh[2] |
Director | S. Unnikrishnan Nair |
Academic staff | 103[3] |
Students | 1,021[3] |
Undergraduates | 584[3] |
Postgraduates | 207[3] |
230[3] | |
Location | , , India |
Campus | 100 acres (0.4 km2)[4] |
Website | iist |
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) is a government-aided institute and deemed university for the study and research of space science, located in Near Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram, India. IIST was set up in 2007 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the Department of Space, Government of India.[5]
It was inaugurated on 14 September 2007 by G. Madhavan Nair, the then Chairman of ISRO.[6] A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, was the first Chancellor of IIST.[7] IIST offers regular engineering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programmes with focus on space science, technology and applications.