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Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh interacting with M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, astatine the conclave held successful Chennai connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran
The Indian Space Research Organisation hasn’t mislaid its assurance owed to the caller consecutive failures of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and whitethorn resume launches from June oregon July, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said connected Saturday. “We are doing the pre-runs. If each goes according to our timeline, [the launch] whitethorn beryllium by June oregon July,” helium told reporters aft inaugurating a two-day Research, Industry, Startup, and Entrepreneurship Conclave 2026 organised by the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) successful Chennai. Gaganyaan, ISRO’s archetypal crewed abstraction mission, was slated for 2027 and would proceed arsenic scheduled, helium said. The organisation was successful the last stages of trial flights with humanoid robot Vyommitra connected board. This would perchance hap earlier the extremity of the year, helium added. “We person 18 launches successful 2026. Not a azygous motorboat has been cancelled. Out of that, we person six backstage parties and they person besides not withdrawn,” Dr. Singh said. Speaking astir the conclave, Dr. Singh said the Centre had announced a ₹1-lakh crore research, development, and innovation money to assistance accelerate entrepreneurs to exertion readiness level (TRL) 4. Similarly, soon aft moving into his caller office, the Prime Minister had announced a ₹10,000-crore money for supporting heavy tech start-ups. The CSIR excessively had relaxed conditions for heavy tech start-ups having to prolong themselves for 3 years earlier qualifying for authorities fiscal support. Tamil Nadu, helium noted, had 2 vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystems successful Chennai and Coimbatore. He said the Centre would coordinate with the Tamil Nadu authorities and the backstage assemblage to supply a fillip to the start-up ecosystem. Earlier, astatine the inaugural function, Dr. Singh said the Ministry had stopped moving successful silos and had adopted a much integrated attack to enactment successful tandem with the manufacture and academia. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said that determination were ample opportunities for start-ups successful clime change-related research, services, sustainability, and catastrophe mitigation. The government, helium said, had a batch of information and could alteration startups to bring accelerated transportation of assorted services. Giving examples, helium said determination were opportunities for hyper section upwind forecast, precision agriculture, c accounting tools, oregon idiosyncratic circumstantial services of galore things related to clime change. At the event, the CSIR signed memoranda of knowing with world institutions and their incubation centres to fortify collaboration. Among those who were contiguous astatine the inaugural were N. Kalaiselvi, Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Director General, CSIR, K. Ramesha, Director, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Institute, P. Thanikaivelan, Director, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, and K.J. Sreeram, Scientist H, CSIR.
Published - February 14, 2026 10:55 p.m. IST
