Aerospace Symposium on Technological Research Advancements

12th - 14th June, 2025

Program Schedule (Tentative):

PROGRAM SCHEDULE -  ASTRA 2025
Date Time Event Venue
13th June 2025 9:00 Registration Registration Desk
10.00 - 10:45 Inaugural Session Multi-Purpose Hall
10:45 - 11:00 Tea Break
11.00 - 11.45 Keynote Lecture 1
11:45 - 12:30 Keynote Lecture 2
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break  
13:30 - 14:30 Technical Session 1 (4 - parallel) Aerospace Block
14:30 - 15:15 Keynote Lecture 3 Multi-Purpose Hall
15:15 - 15:30 Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30 Technical Session 2 (4 - parallel) Aerospace Block
         
14th June 2025 09:00 - 10:15 Technical Session 3 (4 - parallel) Aerospace Block
10:15 - 11:00 Keynote Lecture 4 Multi-Purpose Hall
11:00 - 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 - 12:00 Keynote Lecture 5
12:15 - 13:15 Technical Session 4 (4 - parallel) Aerospace Block
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break  
14:15 - 15:00 Keynote Lecture 6 Multi-Purpose Hall
15:15 - 16:00 Valedictory Session
Lift-Off
A workshop on space technology applications jointly organized by IIST and KSPACE  for budding entrepreneurs 
Program Schedule (tentative)
       
Date 12 June 2025
Venue Multi-Purpose Hall, IIST
       
Start End Duration Program
10:00 AM 10:30 AM 30 min Inauguration 
10:30 AM 11:15 AM 45 min Keynote Address by AVM. D V Khot(Retd.), AVSM, VM,
Director, Strategy & Planning, IN-SPACe
11:15 AM 11:30 AM 15 min Tea break
11:30 AM 12:15 PM 45 min Talk by Mr. G.Levin, Former Deputy director, VSSC/ISRO, CEO KSPACE
Topic: Indian Space-tech - Capabilities and opportunities 
12:15 PM 1:00 PM 45 min Talk by ISRO experts
1:00 PM 2:00 PM 1 hour Lunch
2:00 PM 3:00 PM 1 hour  Talk by Mr. Ashok Kurian Panjikaran, Senior Manager, KSUM
Topic:  Start-up Lifecycle
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 45 min Talk by G Narayanan, former Deputy Director, LPSC&  former CMD, NSIL
Topic: Business opportunities in space sector
3:45 PM 4:00 PM 15 min Tea break
4:00 PM 4:30 PM 30 min IIST - STIIC Presentation 
4:30 PM 5:15 PM 45 min Start-up experiences (HEX20,SpaceLabs,mistEO), Panel discussion, Valediction