**Executive Summary**
This document details Dr. Jitendra Singh's visit to an exhibition showcasing India's advancements in space technology, nuclear energy, and strategic minerals. The exhibition aims to ignite students' interest in science and technology. Dr. Singh advised organisers to arrange conducted visits for students and create social media content based on the exhibits. No specific deadlines or dates beyond the reporting date of March 9th are mentioned.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Exhibition Focus:**
* Showcased India's achievements in space, nuclear energy, and strategic mineral exploration.
* Aimed to ignite students' aptitude and discover their intrinsic talent in science.
* Covered space launch systems, the thorium program, and India's science and energy roadmap.
* **Space Capabilities Displayed:**
* India's expanding capabilities in launch vehicles, satellite systems, and human spaceflight initiatives.
* Highlighted the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, and LVM3 heavy-lift rocket.
* Mentioned India's over one hundred launch missions deploying satellites for communication, navigation, earth observation, and scientific research.
* Outlined long-term vision for space exploration, including human spaceflight systems, crew/service modules, and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station concept for sustained low-Earth orbit presence.
* Future missions for lunar exploration, deep-space studies, and expansion of satellite services were also highlighted.
* Showcased India's satellite applications ecosystem supporting governance and development through weather forecasting, navigation, communication, disaster management, and agricultural monitoring.
* **Nuclear Energy and Strategic Minerals:**
* Detailed India's nuclear energy architecture and strategy for long-term energy security.
* Mapped the distribution of uranium-bearing geological formations across various states.
* Explained the three-stage nuclear power programme:
* Stage 1: Pressurised heavy water reactors using natural uranium.
* Stage 2: Fast breeder reactors to generate more fissile material.
* Stage 3: Advanced reactor systems using thorium-based fuel cycles.
* Highlighted India's coastal mineral resources, including heavy minerals like ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite, garnet, and sillimanite found in placer deposits.
* Noted the role of the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research in evaluating these deposits.
* Showcased the geographical spread of nuclear research institutions, fuel cycle facilities, and power generation infrastructure.
* Emphasised the nuclear energy programme's role in meeting electricity demand, strengthening low-carbon energy capacity, and promoting technological self-reliance.
* **Minister's Recommendations:**
* Advised organisers to arrange conducted visits for school and college students.
* Suggested preparing short social media versions of the exhibits.
**Impact Analysis**
* **School and College Students:**
* **Impact:** Will have opportunities to learn about India's scientific and technological achievements, potentially igniting their interest in STEM fields.
* **Action Required:** Will be invited for conducted visits to the exhibition.
* **Exhibition Organisers:**
* **Impact:** Will need to facilitate student visits and develop social media content based on the exhibition.
* **Action Required:** Arrange conducted visits by school and college students; prepare short social media versions of the exhibits.
* **General Public:**
* **Impact:** Will be exposed to India's advancements in space, nuclear energy, and strategic minerals through potential social media content derived from the exhibition.
* **Action Required:** No specific action required from the general public mentioned.
Key Entities Referenced
Dr. Jitendra Singh: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, who visited and advised on the exhibition.
Department of Space: The governmental department responsible for India's space program, which was a primary focus of the exhibition.
Department of Atomic Energy: The governmental department responsible for India's nuclear program, which was a primary focus of the exhibition.
Bharatiya Antariksh Station: The proposed Indian space station, a key element of India's long-term vision for space exploration mentioned in the exhibition.
country's three-stage nuclear power programme: India's long-term strategy for nuclear energy, outlined in the exhibition, focusing on utilizing uranium and thorium resources.
Department of Space
Dr. Jitendra Singh visits Exhibition Showcasing
India’s Space, Nuclear and Strategic Mineral
Capabilities
Showcasing of India’s Space, nuclear and other scientific
achievements helps ignite students’ aptitude and discover
their intrinsic talent, says Dr Jitendra Singh
Space Launch Systems to Thorium Programme: Exhibition
Maps India’s Science and Energy Roadmap
Dr Jitendra Singh advises the organisers to arrange
conducted visits by school and college students to this
exhibition and also try to prepare short social media versions
of the exhibits
Posted On: 09 MAR 2026 6:58PM by PIB Delhi
NEW DELHI, March 9 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth
Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh said today that showcasing of India’s Space, nuclear
and other scientific achievements helps ignite students’ aptitude and discover their intrinsic talent.
The Minister was on an invited visit to an exhibition at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre here,
highlighting India’s advancements in space technology, nuclear energy development and strategic mineral
exploration.
Dr Jitendra Singh advised the organisers to arrange conducted visits by school and college students to this
exhibition and also try to prepare short social media versions of the exhibits.
The exhibition showcased India’s expanding capabilities in launch vehicles, satellite systems and human
spaceflight initiatives. Information presented highlighted the country’s launch vehicle fleet, including the
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle and the LVM3 heavy-lift rocket,
which supports India’s human spaceflight programme. India has conducted more than a hundred launch
missions, deploying hundreds of satellites that support communication, navigation, earth observation and
scientific research.
The materials also outlined India’s long-term vision for space exploration, including the development of
human spaceflight systems, crew and service modules, and the concept of an Indian space station, referred
to as the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, aimed at enabling sustained human presence in low-Earth orbit andfacilitating microgravity research. Future missions related to lunar exploration, deep-space studies and
expansion of satellite-based services were also highlighted as part of the country’s broader space roadmap.
India’s satellite applications ecosystem was also reflected through examples of services supporting
governance and development, including weather forecasting, navigation systems, communication
networks, disaster management and agricultural monitoring.
Alongside the space programme, the exhibition highlighted India’s nuclear energy architecture and the
country’s strategy for utilising its mineral resources to support long-term energy security. Information
presented mapped the distribution of uranium-bearing geological formations across several states,
including Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, as well as regions of the
Himalayan belt where uranium deposits have been identified through geological exploration.
The country’s three-stage nuclear power programme was also explained as a long-term strategy to utilise
limited domestic uranium resources while leveraging India’s large thorium reserves. The first stage is
based on pressurised heavy water reactors using natural uranium fuel, the second stage focuses on fast
breeder reactors designed to generate more fissile material than they consume, and the third stage
envisages advanced reactor systems capable of using thorium-based fuel cycles.
Information related to India’s coastal mineral resources highlighted the presence of economically
significant heavy minerals along the country’s nearly 11,000-kilometre coastline. These include ilmenite,
rutile, zircon, monazite, garnet and sillimanite, which are found in coastal placer deposits. The Atomic
Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research carries out systematic exploration and assessment of
these deposits to evaluate their industrial and strategic potential.
The exhibition also reflected the geographical spread of nuclear research institutions, fuel cycle facilities
and power generation infrastructure associated with India’s nuclear programme, illustrating the role of
these institutions in supporting energy generation, materials research and advanced scientific work.
India’s space and nuclear programmes form important pillars of the country’s scientific and technological
development. While the space sector continues to expand its role in communication, navigation, earth
observation and emerging commercial space activities, the nuclear energy programme remains central to
India’s long-term strategy for meeting growing electricity demand while strengthening low-carbon energy
capacity and technological self-reliance.PHOTO : Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh exploring the exhibition highlighting India’s advancements
in the Space Technology, Nuclear Energy Development and Strategic Mineral Exploration in New Delhi,
on Monday.*******
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