Space Technology Incubational Centres
Space Technology Incubation Centre (S-TIC) has been set-up to attract and nurture the young academia with innovative ideas/ research aptitude for carrying out research, motivating and encouraging them to initiate the start-ups and business in the field of Space technology & applications and developing the Academia–Industry ecosystem for Space Technology.
ISRO has set up Space Technology Cells (STC) at following premiere institutions:
| Sl. No. | Institute |
| 1. | Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) – Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee, Guwahati and Delhi |
| 2. | Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore |
| 3. | Joint Research Programme (JRP) with Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) |
The details of the six Space Technology Incubation Centres (STIC) are as below:
| Sl. No. | Region | Institute |
| 1. | North East | National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura |
| 2. | Northern | Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab |
| 3. | Southern | National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu |
| 4. | Western | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| 5. | Eastern | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha |
| 6. | Central | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
The details of the Regional Academic Centre for Space (RACS) are as below:
| Sl. No. | Institute |
| 1. | National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana |
| 2. | Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| 3. | National Institute of Technolgy, Patna, Bihar |
| 4. | Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam |
| 6. | National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, Mangalore, Karnataka |
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.