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  • Bangalore hosts India-US civil space cooperation meet

    BANGALORE: The India-US Joint Working Group (JWG) on Civil Space Cooperation was held in Bangalore ay Isro headquarters during 29 June to 30 June. JWG had been constituted as a follow up to the India-United States Conference on Space Science, Applications and Commerce.

    The conference discussed ways to explore the potential and possibility of cooperation in earth observation, satellite communication, satellite navigation and its application, space science, natural hazards research and disaster management support, and education and training in space.

    ISRO Satellite Centre space commission member and ISRO Satellite Centre director Dr. P S Goel, and principal deputy assistant secretary of State, Washington, Anthony F. Rock
    co-chaired the JWG meeting, which was inaugurated by Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair.

    In all, 25 US delegates representing Department of State, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, US Geological Survey, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, universities and industry attended the meeting.

    Senior officials of India’s Department of Space, Ministry of External Affairs, ANTRIX Corporation and other Government of India Departments/ Agencies concerned with applications of space technology also took part in the meeting.

    The two delegations agreed that India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission offers an outstanding opportunity to begin cooperation in space exploration.

    Cooperation on this mission will further both countries’ goals in space. Nasa believes that its participation in this program will be an important contribution to the Vision for U.S. Space Exploration announced by the President of the United States in January 2004.

    The JWG noted that significant progress has been made in the U.S. GPS, the U.S. Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and the Indian GAGAN space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems (PNTS). Both sides have a shared interest in promoting interoperability among existing and future civil space based PNTS to create a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and are ready for expanded bilateral cooperation in this area.

    The JWG expressed the intent to collaborate on a variety of earth observation projects. It was agreed to investigate the comparability and complementarity of data from U.S. Landsat and Indian IRS satellites and establishing an earth reception station in India for the U.S. National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).

    The Joint Working Group meeting has given further impetus towards strengthening and expanding the cooperation between India and the United States in the area of space exploration as envisaged in the June 2004 Conference.

  • Mumbai hosts CNBC-TV18 Investor Camp

    Mumbai hosts CNBC-TV18 Investor Camp

    MUMBAI: With five successful Investor camps in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai respectively, business and finance channel CNBC-TV18 returned to India’s Financial Capital, Mumbai and hosted the sixth in the series of the Investor Camps.     

    The camp is aimed at guiding investors in managing their investments effectively, captured the attention of audiences, providing investors with alternative opportunities to secure their investments in the present volatile market condition. The Investor camp in Mumbai provided investors with inputs on value investing in action, common sense approach to equity investment and an overview of the primary market.

    The camp is a first of its kind initiative that brings investors face to face with the stalwarts in the investment profession, regulatory authorities, fund managers and brokers. The camps have provided investors with in-depth investment insights, perspectives on the risk and return expectations for various investment options ranging from stocks, bonds, mutual funds, insurance, real estate and commodities market.

    Panelists who participated in the discussion included Enam Securities director Manish Chokhani. Prudential ICICI AMC CIO Nilesh Shah dwelt on the common sense approach to equity. Speaking about the initiative CNBC- TV18 CEO Haresh Chawla stated, “CNBC-TV18 has taken on the task to educate the investor from all walks of life. The Investor Camps aim to bridge the gap between the investors and specialists in investment advice. Through this initiative CNBC-TV18 continues its endeavour to help investors make informed decisions. The Investor Camps are an ongoing series travelling to key metros and mini-metros across the country and will form one of CNBC-TV18’s pillars of its investor service initiative. By far the biggest and most widespread investor service initiative, CNBC-TV18 has customised it to address the real investment issues that affected the people of India.”