Bhubaneswar, June 29, 2024 ( pratyushanews) : Winners of Tata Steel’s Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) 2023, organised in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, operating under the Science and Technology Department of Government of Odisha, have embarked on the journey to visit the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday. The 20 winners selected out of more than 300 schools from across 30 districts of Odisha will visit SAC, and the Science City in Ahmedabad. Shri Krushna Chandra Patra, Hon’ble Minister, Science and Technology Department and Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department, Government of Odisha, flagged-off the journey of these young students at the Pathani Samanta Planetarium (PSP) here. Attending the flag-off event, Smt. Chithra Arumugam, IAS, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha and Chairperson, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Shri Prasanna Kumar Patra, Director, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, and Shri Debashis Jena, Chief Resident Executive (CRE), Tata Steel, Bhubaneswar also encouraged the students with their inspiring words. Other notable attendees from the Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha, included Smt. Sibani Mohanty, Additional Secretary, Smt. Puja Mishra, Joint Secretary, Smt. Urmiprava Maharana, Deputy Secretary; Shri Laxminarayan Padhi, Senior Scientist; and Shri Padmalochan Das, Under Secretary.
