The International Space Society (ISS) – an international non-profit, educational and scientific organisation specialising in space advocacy in collaboration with Rocketeers- India’s first Model Rocketry agency co-founded by ex-ISRO scientists, has announced the first Model Rocketry festival of India. The event is to take place from 18th to 19th December, 2015 at Dikshant Global School, VIP Road, Zirakpur. Students from over 100 schools of the region have been invited. The workshops during the Festival will be conducted by a team from Rocketeers.

This festival will hold a workshop which, for the first time in all of India will introduce solid black powder fuel powered model rockets to students, to build, learn, fly and experiment with. This will be an Annual event where enthusiasts can participate to learn and pursue model rocketry, build rockets, participate in competitions and workshops.

Students participating the Festival will get a chance to interact with Space & Rocket scientists too.

This is a one of a kind event which is being setup to educate the school students about the space industry and the careers opportunities therein.