Design of Educational Products for ISRO


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Creator/Artist: Kiran Kulkarni

Category: Product Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2002-2004

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1999-2008

Medium: Presentation pdf

Supervisor: Prof. U. A. Athavankar


Detailed Description

Space exploration is ancient, but recently, in the last two centuries, a new way of thinking called science and its applications have fueled this dream with a large number of possibilities. It leads us to a huge body of research, discoveries, and findings, creating a great wealth of human knowledge. It is a task to comprehend. My experiences made me discover more about satellites. I feel an incident can kindle your curiosity and imbibe a way of thinking to know about the phenomenon by discovering it. I wished to work with ISRO because of its new spirit of encouragement and commitment to bring scientific knowledge to common people. ISRO is one of the leading research centres in the world that has mastered the technology of building satellites and facilities for national use. We launched our first satellite, "Aryabhatta,” in 1975; after that, there was no looking back on the developments in space technology. The satellite programme involves the design and building of satellites for various applications involving national sks. Two families, one of communication and the other of earth-observing satellites, dominate our satellite program. The launcher programme involves the design, fabrication, and launch of launch vehicles. Interactions with the scientists and engineers inspired me to take a challenge to make complex concepts of science easier, imaginative, playful, and pleasurable and experience educational value for the general audience. We encounter science as prescribed by the syllabi in our schools and colleges. We relate ourselves to the words of the book to understand, not giving ourselves a chance to relate to the experience of the phenomena by using our imagination. I have tried to explore the design of an educational product with these concerns.