Vaayusastra Aerospace Explained

Vaayusastra Aerospace
Type:Private
Industry:Aeronautics and Aerospace Education
Hq Location:Chennai, India
Services:Educational Technology, Aerospace engineering

Vaayusastra Aerospace is an educational firm combining theatre and aeronautics, with the goal of taking aeronautical knowledge to every village in India. Vaayusastra Aerospace is incubated and funded under IIT Madras's Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI). Vaayusastra publish a fortnightly column that combines storytelling with aeronautical science in The Hindu Young World Magazine.[1] [2] Vaayusastra creates theatre and hands-on activity based educational curriculum for school and college students in the field of Aeronautics and Aerospace. The company is headquartered in Chennai.[3] Its services help up to 100,000 customers from 2018.

The Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council of the National Skill Development Corporation India identified Vaayusastra as the best training partner in 2022, and it was recognised as the space tutor of ISRO.[4] and Vaayusastra was featured in a Tamil hybrid web series titled Theervai Nokki for their works and featured several times in IIT Madras Incubation Cell articles related to aeronautics and education.[5]

History

Vaayusastra Aerospace was founded by Jagadeesh Kanna and Gobi Krishna in 2018[6] [7] Initially in 2018, the company started with hands-on education-based services to school children.[8] [9] [10] [11] In the 2020 pandemic period, Vaayusastra started online programs for children and reached 8 countries;[12] later, in second wave of pandemic in 2021, they started to conduct extensive programs for college students which focused on various aerospace research areas in aerostats, aerodynes, space suit,[13] cube satellites[14] [15] and rocket control systems. Then got an opportunity from the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation's (TNSDC) Naan Mudhalvan project and became a Drone training partner for Government of Tamil Nadu initiative TNSDC Naan Mudhalvan Program to train 3600 Engineering college students.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 . Great Companies . 30 July 2021.
  2. News: Take to the skies . The Hindu . 8 February 2021 . 8 February 2021 . thehindu.com.
  3. Web site: 2018 . Aerospace explained through theatre, arts . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180713205355/https://www.dtnext.in/Lifestyle/Culture/2018/07/12222354/1079684/Aerospace-explained-through-theatre-arts.vpf?TId=112139 . 13 July 2018 . 13 July 2018.
  4. News: Chennai based Vaayusastra Aerospace accorded status of registered Space Tutor of ISRO . The Hindu . 7 December 2022 . thehindu.com . 7 December 2022. Kandavel . Sangeetha .
  5. Web site: 19 January 2022 . IIT Madras Innovatio . linkedin.com.
  6. Web site: 2020 . Science to show jumping, kids have loads of options this summer . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422101917/https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2021/04/20004835/1288677/Science-to-show-jumping-kids-have-loads-of-options-.vpf?fbclid=IwAR0lfLYhkqpHsN2x907x9Nhd-4UpXuO8URS74H935Cixzr8X3eZmucjuikI . 22 April 2021 . 20 April 2021.
  7. Web site: 2020 . Actor leverages theatre as educational tool . 1 May 2020.
  8. Web site: Big Idea - Plane Tales . 2019 . 7 January 2019.
  9. Web site: 2018 . அறிவியல் விளக்கம் சொல்லும் அலாவுதீன் பூதம்! . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164653/http://www.dinamalar.com/supplementary_detail.asp?id=44352&ncat=1360 . dead . 10 September 2018 . 10 September 2018.
  10. Web site: 'நாடகங்கள் மூலம் குழந்தைகளுக்கான விண்வெளி படிப்பு!'- சென்னை இளைஞரின் புது முயற்சி . 2019 . 5 April 2019.
  11. Web site: 2019 . Start-up in Chennai simplifies aeronautics . 25 March 2019.
  12. Web site: This K'wood actor teaches aeronautics through epics to kids during lockdown . . 2020 . 2 May 2020.
  13. Study on the Design of Space Gloves and EVA Suits with Future Challenges . 2022 . 5 February 2022 . tlr-journal.com. 10.31881/TLR.2021.25 . Rawal . Srishti . Madhubalan . Aswini . Manikandan . Puviyarasu . Kanna . Jagadeesh . Textile & Leather Review . 5 . 18–30 . free .
  14. News: Dindigul Campus Connect Cube satellite workshop . The Hindu . 8 May 2023 . thehindu.com . 8 May 2023.
  15. Web site: Kalasalingam varsity holds seminar on small satellites for rural applications . 3 June 2023 . afternoonnews.in.
  16. News: Students under 'Naan Mudhalvan' scheme will now get to learn about drones and AI . The Hindu . 21 July 2023 . 22 July 2023 . thehindu.com . Kandavel . Sangeetha .

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