Pakistani youth explore new worlds at World Space Week 2017 celebration

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World Space Week 2017 celebrated at IST Islamabad inspire young Pakistanis to explore new worlds

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An exciting and enthralling event for space lovers and stargazers held in Islamabad inspired young Pakistanis to explore new worlds and technologies.

World Space Week 2017 concluded with a colorful event and the prize distribution ceremony on October 7, 2017 at Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad.

Siddique Public School 6th Road Rawalpindi emerged as the Space Champion, runner up was Siddique Public School Islamabad and the Second runner up of WSW 2017 was KRL Model College for Girls Kahuta.

Air Commodore Moeen Uddin Director Space Directorate Air Headquarters graced the occasion as chief guest and awarded prizes to the winner students.

Air Commodore Moeen Uddin Director Space Directorate Air Headquarters graced the occasion as chief guest and awarded prizes to the winner students.

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World Space Week in Pakistan

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Dr. Najam Abbas, Deputy Director IST and Event head of WSW 2017 appreciated the spirit of students and presented vote of rhanks to all the participants and teachers of schools and colleges along with other partners and sponsors of the event. Institute of Space Technology (IST), Islamabad organized a four day activity based program to celebrate World Space Week (WSW) from October 4-7 2017, with a view to generate space awareness among the general public and students. A large number of schools and colleges of the twin cities and surrounding areas participated in the event.

The theme for WSW 2017 was “Exploring New Worlds in Space”. This year’s theme enabled the debates surrounding where we explore next, be it on Moon, Mars or even beyond, to inspire event organizers to set up exciting space exploration events at schools, universities, science centers, planetaria, astronomy clubs, companies, and even museums. World Space Week celebrations in 2017 opened up avenues to improve the vast human knowledge and awareness of the clear benefits of space technology and its applications. This also illustrated that our exploration potential has no end, and that the sky is not the limit for the many wonders of
human discovery.

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World Space Week in Pakistan

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Over 100 different schools and colleges from the vicinity of Islamabad and Rawalpindi participated in over 200 different space themed events and activities at IST under the initiative of Space Technology Education and Popularization (STEP). Over 7500 space enthusiasts’ including participants and visitors witnessed and participated in WSW at IST.

Revolution in the space technology is inevitable. It is the need of hour to have a deep knowledge of space technology and its applications for a country like Pakistan in order to meet the challenges of having accurate information of weather forecasting, disaster management, mobile and satellite communication.

The importance of space technology cannot be denied as it will ultimately lead to the solutions of the world’s problems and betterment of mankind and IST is contributing to the cause in true sense.

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Nuxhat Khurshidhttps://islamabadscene.com
Nuxhat Khurshid is a passionate writer, reader and documentary-maker. She mostly writes on environment, climate change and development issues for Islamabad Scene.

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