ASTRONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA | March 18, 2008
TECHNICAL MEET FOLLOWED BY
Annual General Body Meeting
April 5th 2008
Venue : Auditorium, ISRO Headquarters
The Annual General Body Meeting (AGBM) of the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for the year 2007-2008, is scheduled to be held on Thursday, April 5, 2008 at 17.30 hrs at Auditorium, ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore after the Technical meet as given below.
AGENDA
> Confirmation of the Proceedings of the Annual General Body Meeting held at DRDL, Hyderabad on 24th January 2006.
> Presentation of the Annual Report for the year 2007-2008 covering:
- Technical Activities
- Accounts
> Announcement of the new Executive Committee.
> Any other matter
The annual report of the Society will be distributed to the members shortly. All the members of the Society are requested to make it convenient to attend the Annual General Body Meeting and the technical meet.


INSAT-2E PERFORMANCE AND SATCOM APPLICATIONS
-AN INDIAN SCENARIO
PROGRAMME
10:00-11:15     Invocation
                        Welcome Address by Director, SCPO
                        Inauguration
                        Inaugural Address by Chairman, ISRO/President ASI
                        Keynote Address by Dr.K.Kasturirangan
                        Vote of Thanks by Executive Secretary,ASI
11:15-11:30   TEA
11:30-13:30   Technical Session - I - INSAT-2E Performance
                       Chairman :Dr.P.S.Goel
                       Techhnological Challenges in INSAT-2E by Shri. V.R.Katti
                       Bus System Performance by Shri. A.Bhaskaranarayana
                       Communication Payload Performance by Dr.H.O.Gautham
                       Met Payload Performance by Shri. A.S.Kiran Kumar
                       Challenges of INSAT-2E mission by Dr.C.G.Patil
                       Commercializing INSAT-2E by K.R.Sridharamurthy
13:30-14:30   LUNCH
14:30-16:30   Technical Session - II
                       Chairman :Shri.A.Bhaskaranarayan
                       SATCOM APPLICATIONS
                       - Tele-education     Dr.Balveera Reddy
                       - Telecommunication     Mr.U.K.Srivatsava
                       - Broadcast services & DTH     Mr.Vikram Kaushik
                       - Met applications     Mr.Bhatia
                       - Disaster Management     Dr.K.N.Shankara
                       - Telemedicine     Dr.Devi Shetty
16:30-17:00   HIGH TEA
17:00-17:45   *AGM-ASI
* for ASI members only
19:30             DINNER @ GAYATRI VIHAR

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