23. COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR):

Introduction

The Committee on Space Researach (COSPAR) was established by ICSU in 1958 as an interdisciplinary body concerned the progress on an international scale of all kinds of scientific investigations carried out with space vehicles, rockets and balloons.

Secretariat

S.Grzedzielski, Executive Director, COSPAR, 51 Boulevard de Montmorency, 75016 Paris, France, Fax:(33 1)40 50 98 27,

E.mail:cospar@paris7.jussieu.fr, http://cospar.itodys.jussieu.fr

Subscription: 16,394 Euros (2002) Category:v (14 units)

Voting Rights: 1

No.of Scientific Commissions and Panels:13

Positions in COSPAR

1. S.Dhawan: Member, COSPAR Bureau

2. K.Kasturirangan: Member, COSPAR Bureau &

                    Chairman,Panel on Space Res.in Dev.Countries

3. P.C.Agarwal, Chairman, Panel on Technical Problems Related to Balooning.

Status Report prepared by the COSPAR

XXXI COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Symposia held at Brimingham. UK during 14-21 July,1996

1. K.Kasturirangan, FNA                    

2. U.R.Rao. FNA                                

3. S.C.Chakravorty, ISRO, Bangalore 

4. Vir Singh, Roorkee Univ, Roorkee               

5. S.P.Gupta, PRL, Ahmedabad                      

6. Pranab Ghosh, TIFR, Bombay                    

7. A.R.Rao, TIFR, Bombay                         

XXXII COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated events at Nagoya, Japan from 12-19 July,1998

1. K.Kasturirangan, FNA                    

2. P.C.Agarwal, TIFR, Mumbai           

3. R.K.Gupta, NRSA, Hyderabad  

4. R.P.Singh, IIT, Kanpur                    

5. S.A.Haider                                     

6. K.N.Iyer, Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot            

7. D.K.Chakrabarty, PRL, Ahmedabad           

XXXIII COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Events held at Warsaw, Poland during 16-23 July,2000

1. K.Kasturirangan, FNA (Leader)                  

2. P.C.Agarwal, TIFR, Mumbai                       

3. G.S.Lakhina, IIG, Mumbai                          

4. Girija Rajaram, IIG, Mumbai                       

5. S.P.Gupta, PRL, Ahmedabad                    

6. D.K.Chakrabarty, PRL, Ahmedabad           

7. R.Sridharan, VLCC, Thiruvananthapuram    

8. Dr.Vir Singh, Univ.of Roorkee, Roorkee 

9. Dr.Jayanta Kar, NPL, New Delhi          

From Sl.No. 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 under INSA-PAS Exchange Programme

Seminar/Symposia

Coll.No.3 on Long Term High Precision Measurement Techniques from Space to Global Geophysical Parameters of Relevance to IGBP at ISRO, Bangalore duringNovember,1990

Status Report

Status Reports are prepared almost every year for presentation at the COSPAR Scientific Assembly.