New Delhi, March 9 -- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has signed a contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to advance research in space medicine, according to an official document released on Monday.
The agreement was signed between M Srinivas, Director of AIIMS, and Dinesh Kumar Singh, Director of the Bengaluru-based Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), which is responsible for implementing India's human spaceflight programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Srinivas said the collaboration would help expand research in the emerging field of space medicine. "This MoU will give us the escape velocity to venture together into the field of space medicine. Collaborative research between AIIMS and ISR...