“AZAADISAT” IS A SATELLITE MISSION WITH THE AMBITIOUS VISION TO ENCOURAGE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CHILDREN (FROM ECONOMICALLY WEAK BACKGROUNDS) WITH THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF SPACE AND TUTOR THEM TO BUILD A SMALL EXPERIMENT AND LAUNCH IT TO THE EDGE OF SPACE THROUGH A “BALLOON SATELLITE” OR THROUGH AN “ORBITAL SATELLITE”.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT HAS BEEN CONCEPTUALIZED TO PAY OUR TRIBUTE TO MARK THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE- AZAADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV.

SPACE KIDZ INDIA HAS DEVELOPED BASIC AND SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS THAT STUDENTS CAN LEARN AND ASSEMBLE WITH THE SIMULTANEOUS SUPPORT OF THEIR SCIENCE TEACHERS AND OUR SKI TEAM’S ONLINE COACHING.

FROM 75 GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS ACROSS INDIA, WE HAVE SELECTED 10 GIRL STUDENTS FROM EACH SCHOOL TO GIVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE SELECTED STUDENTS ARE PREDOMINANTLY FROM CLASSES 8TH -12TH. THIS IS A 1ST OF ITS KIND SPACE MISSION WITH AN ‘ALL WOMEN CONCEPT’ TO PROMOTE WOMEN IN STEM AS THIS YEAR’S UN THEME IS “WOMEN IN SPACE”.

NITI AAYOG HAS PARTNERED FOR THIS PROJECT TO BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL GIRL CHILDREN ACROSS INDIA. HEXAWARE IS SUPPORTING BY FUNDING THE PROJECT.

• Azaadisat Overview: https://youtu.be/ey1pxYo6Ct4
• Dr. Srimathy Kesan alongside Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh talk about the launch of Satellite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A60m4BHx8KI
• AzaadiSAT students at Launch: https://youtu.be/Sh1YCJ4m7aE