Updated on: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Vellore: The Anna University is going to offer three new PG courses in MBA in Hospitality Management, ME in Space Technology and a PG course in Advanced Architecture from upcoming academic session.
P Mannar Jawahar, Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, announced this.
Anna University has launched ANUSAT , a 40-kg satellite indigenously developed by the professors of the varsity. The satellite was put in orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C12) launched by the Indian Space Resource Organization from Sathish Dawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The satellite would be useful for the entire nation. The satellite was designed, developed, fabricated and tested entirely by professors of Anna University.
The satellite would orbit the earth four times a day.
"On seeing the work of Anna University, other universities in India also evinced their interest in designing satellites," added Jawahar.
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