Kerala Will Set Up The First Space Tech Park In India

Kerala will open the 1^st space technology park in India at the Knowledge City of Thiruvananthapuram. The goal is to make Kerala become a manufacturing center for space technology.

The infrastructure will also include a museum which is named after India’s former president – APJ Abdul Kalam. The Kerala government has brought orders in order to give the necessary land for the park’s facility. The space technology park will become an added tourist attraction. VSSC, aka Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, which is an important space research center of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), will stand behind the whole investment into the park.

About 20.01 acres of land will be leased by the government to KSITIL - Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd, for the development of the space park. Besides, about 16.07 acres of land belonging to SEZ will also be de-notified by Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd.

A manufacturing center for companies primarily uses GIS and also some different data systems. Also, this integrated complex is going to include a start-up incubator as well as accelerators such as production units, systems for training skills and Airbus Bizlab.

Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd is the agency assigned to develop Information Technology infrastructure in Kerala. It will give the land that was required to the Indian Space Research Organization for setting up Space Museum and Knowledge Centre named after Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, via a lease contract.

Kerala’s government had previously handed over 1.75 acres of Kowdiar’s land to Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre for the space museum. According to VSSC, the government will be restricted when it has world-class construction on land like that. VSSC also requested for another alternative website for this project.

M Sivasankar, who is the Secretary of Kerala’s IT and Electronics, said: “With the space park materializing, Kerala capital will become a key hub of space technology in the country.” He also mentioned that the aim of setting up this space tech park was not only leveraging the opportunities that Space 2.0 provided but also generating several new jobs with high technology.

Except for VSSC, there are other major centers of the Indian Space Research Organization which are located not only in the city but also around it. According to M Sivasankar, the government will also build a robust ecosystem, along with the space tech park, for space tech research and applications, while Abdul Kalam museum will become an added attraction.

Santhosh Kurup, who is Kerala’s CEO of ICT Academy, has become the project’s special officer.

Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd, which is the project’s co-developer, will gather a premium from companies which want to be a part of the integrated complex.