ISRO has been involved in the design and development of space-borne systems
to be used in the areas of communication, telemedicine, education and other
societal applications. Their headquartersis involved in coordinating various
projects such as PSLV, GSLV and Chandrayan. However, knowledge is often
scattered across different ISRO offices, and there was a need to collate and
archive it for the benefit of engineers working on differentspace research
projects. This portal facilitates a comprehensive range of functionalities,
including single point-of-access to relevant information, community interest
building and collaboration. The document management system facilitates the
organization, indexing, classification of documents, content and digital assets.
Collaborative technology facilitates workplace collaboration and the creation of
communities of interest/best practices. These technologies enable virtual
workspace and workrooms. The portal consists of a mail client, document manager,
search, alert, workflow and group collaboration components. It is based on the
MySQL database, Java and XML, JSP, TomCat server and Linux OS.

	Project Specs Business problem Information is scattered across different ISRO offices and hence, could not be shared easily by engineers IT solution An information portal that facilitates sharing of news, documents and exchange of mail Impact Sharing of space-related news across the globe has become easier IT Implementation partner TeN Systems
K. Parthasarthy, Sci/Engr SG, INSES, ISRO HQ