⇒ Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Space inaugurated the Satish Dhawan Space Science Centre on March 12, 2022.
ISRO, Department of Space and Central University of Jammu (CUJ) has jointly established a space science centre for carrying out research in space science and technology in the Central University campus, Jammu.
The Centre is named after the renowned Space Scientist, teacher and former Chairman, ISRO, Prof Satish Dhawan, who hailed from Jammu & Kashmir.
The Centre houses different labs/ facilities related to geospatial data analysis, materials, astrophysics, natural disasters and avionics.