Design for 32-m antenna for Chandrayaan programme ready

Bangalore, Sep 12 (UNI) The state-of-the-art 32 metre antenna, to be used for getting signals from the Indian Space Research Organisation's prestigious project 'Chandrayaan' in 2008, has reached the manufacturing stage.

Disclosing this to newspersons here, Mr Dataram Mishra, Managing Director of CADES, a fast growing engineering services company in the country involved in the project, said the design had been approved and ECIL and L and T would jointly develop the antenna in stages, after which complex simulations would be done. The design for the massive structure involved about nine months and 18 technical engineers, he added, hoping that the antenna would be kept ready well ahead of schedule.

To a question, he said the company would put in efforts to make best use of the tremendous opportunity and potential India had by investing five million US dollars this year and another ten million Dollars by 2008. The company also had plans to increase its headcount from the present 350 to 500 in three months and cross 2,000 by 2008.

Mr Mishra said the company had planned to invest five million US dollars in establishing new offshore development centres in Bangalore and other locations in the country. A focussed engineering service company with emphasis on knowledge and innovation, CADES had a global delivery model to provide quality and cost-effective engineering services for industries in India and overseas, especially for aerospace, defence, automotive and manufacturing sectors.

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