The Pune-based research institute will design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production.
India is all set for the maiden launch on Monday of an indigenous winged Reusable Launch Vehicle--that is being dubbed as its own space shuttle--from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
The mission life of the 2,250kg GSAT-7A, built by ISRO, is eight years. It will provide communication capability to users in Ku-band over the Indian region.
The successful orbiting of the satellites by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-40 comes four months after the Indian space Research Organisation's mission to launch backup navigation spacecraft IRNSS-1H onboard PSLV-39 ended in a rare failure.
It also carries equipment for meteorological data relay and satellite based search and rescue services being provided by earlier INSAT satellites.
The satellite would provide a thrust to mobile communication through multi-beam coverage facility, the ISRO said.
The ISRO is aiming for a soft landing of the lander in the South Pole region of the moon where no country has gone so far.
They made history for India and the world.
'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
India on Monday successfully launched the first technology demonstrator of indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle, capable of launching satellites into orbit around earth and then re-enter the atmosphere, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
India is the fourth country to demonstrate the flight testing of Scramjet Engine after the United States, Russia and European Space Agency.
It offers a lease of life to terminally ill patients since heart transplant still remains out of reach for most.
Around 600 scientists and engineers are hoping for the best as they forge ahead with plans of making an indigenous version of a space shuttle.
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