By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh 28th Dec:-
The World Space Council in association
with Enovate Skill, Chandigarh organised the Youth Space Conference 2019 at
NITTTR, Chandigarh on Saturday. This was a first ever conference for young
students of 13–18 years age group. The conference was based on space and
science related topics, projects, activities and research. High School students
from all over India participated in the event.
Navdeep Singh, President, World Space
Council said that World Space Council has taken
this initiative of organising various Space Competitions, Challenges and Games
at national and International level. This is the best way to motivate and unite
space enthusiasts from all over the world. Every year Youth Space Conference will be
conducted in different countries, where participants from all over the world
will be taking part.
Ralf Heckel, Director,
International Space Education Institute, Germany was the key note speaker. He
delivered a speech on international opportunities for students in the field of
Space Education. He has a great experience of guiding students from 18
countries for the past 12 years. Cosma
heckel, youth speaker from Germany also shared her experience of
participating at the Space Camp, NASA and NASA Rover Challenge, USA.
Students presented Articles,
Posters, Poster/ Oral Presentations, some of which will be published online and
offline in the upcoming journals of World Space Council. Each category had 1st,
2nd and 3rd positions and additional prizes
were given to best participation. Certificates were provided to all
participants.
World Space Council was
constituted on 29 August, 2018, under the Indian Trust Registration Act 1882
and also registered under NITI Aayog portal; Government of India where Logo and
vision document was officially launched on 27 February, 2019 at the
Constitution club of India. World Space Council will cover wide areas in the
field of Science, Technology, Space Education and Exploration.
Vision is to bring all nations
together in the next decade towards solving global problems through space
technology. Such alliance will involve all partners working in the same sector,
which will ensure qualitative sustainable growth worldwide.
Navdeep Singh said that our mission is
to enhance the standards and opportunities in the field of Space Exploration
and Research, providing a common platform for exchange of ideas leading to
collaborative research and expand learnings to the roots of society.
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