Assam’s Bodoland brings ISRO-backed space studies to classrooms

Guwahati

On August 23, a North Assam school close to the Bhutan border of India had a “galactic” reasons to celebrate the National Space Day for the first time since it was founded in 1953.

That day, Tamulpur high secondary school space laboratory sporting 8,970 square kilometers of Bodoland region (BTR) was the 15th educational institution. BTR is managed by Bodoland Regional Council (BTC), an autonomous organ under the sixth program of the Constitution.

For BTC officials, the Haladhar Ujir Memorial Space Laboratory at the school in Tamulpur, a small town in a small town north of Guwahati, is more than fulfilling a target within the scope of Bodoland Space Training Program. In most schools operated by the state in the BTR, he was one step further to the purpose of developing scientific anger in students.

“The first space laboratory was opened in Sidli-Kashikotra High Secondary School in the Chirang region in July 2024. It was one of the six targeted schools in the first stage, then one of the nine schools, including one in Tamulpur, one of the nine schools, Nilutpal Kashyap, BTC’s special duty (30, 2025) officer (30, 2025).

The Chirang School had an optical telescope for planetary observation in the northeast, scaled models of PSLV/GSLV launchers, Cansat -style load kits and sensors for simulated launch, microcardan -based experiments equipped with provocation foundations and telemetry.

The space laboratory initiative was a dream project of Pramod Boro, the General Manager of BTC, who wanted thousands of students to “catch up with the rest of the world” through practical STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) learning.

Mr. Kashyap said that the first plan was to establish space laboratories in 10 secondary schools after signing a memorandum between the new Delhi -based Vyomika Space Academy, the new Delhi -based Vyomika Space Academy, the “Space Trainer” partner of the BTR Government and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

A Vyomica spokesman said that more than 3,000 BTR students are engaged in the curriculum aligned with the Curriculum through activities such as building special rockets, preparing cargoes and explaining the concepts of orbit to people who do not know with astronomy.

Local flavor

15 The space laboratory was named after a local educator or community leader to promote a sense of property among stakeholders. For example, the Space Laboratory at the Sidli-Kashikotra School was named after Chino Basumatary, a journalist who died in September 2010.

One of the reasons for associating space laboratories with local luminaires was their campaigns against social evil, such as witch hunting, which was once widespread in many parts of the BTR.

Sidli-Kashikotra High Secondary School Principal Manju Boro, “Laboratories are changing the mentality. Uncertain students about their careers are now thinking about being space scientists and discussing black holes and supernovas,” he said.

Rajen Brahma from Udalguri from BTR admitted that he did not think of most of the space mission of IAF Group Captain Shukla until he trained his 16 -year -old daughter about his importance. Bilir It is nice to know that the schools here take the classes to the cosmos, a big jump from what we have experienced, ”he said.