About The LTA Systems laboratory
The Lighter-Than-Air Systems Laboratory was established in the year 2002 after completion of the Programme on Airship Design and Development (PADD). The lab is situated in the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Research carried out in this lab is focussed around developing future-ready airship technology for Indian and International Markets and provide engineering assistance as well as solutions for on-demand scientific and commercial applications like aerial surveillance, disaster management, product promotion and aerial reconnaissance.
- Professor-in-Charge: Rajkumar S. Pant <rkpant@aero.iitb.ac.in>
- Project Research Scientist: Dr. Manish Tripathi <MTripathi1189.aero@iitb.ac.in>
- Project Research Assistant: Raman Verma <raman181314@gmail.com>
About Department of Aerospace Engineering
The Department of Aerospace Engineering was established as Department of Aeronautical Engineering in the year 1966-67. The department is credited with high quality graduate, post-graduate, research and internship programmes. Under the vision of Prof. Pradeep A. M. and guidance of its well-versed team of 22 full-time faculty members, more than 50 staff members, aerosapce engineering department has been passing out highly skilled graduates, post-graduates and research scholars across several sub-discplines related to aerospace engineering including aerodynamics, structures, flight dynamics & control, and propuslsion systems. Ranked as one of the finest technical universities (NIRF#3), the department through vision to foster creativity and growth of excellence, has been creating the leaders of tomorrow across a multitude of aerosapce industries. Its contribution to the overall industrial development as well as economic prosperity of the country attributed to the cadre of engineers and scientists passing out from aerospace engineering department is well established.
About Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Located at the banks of Powai lake in Mumbai, IIT Bombay is a green, beautiful, and dynamic campus encompassing a plethora of knowledgeable and energetic students, faculties and staff members. IIT Bombay is a highly reputed technical research university located on the banks of Powai lake, Mumbai, India. It provides graduation, post-graduation and doctoral studies across a total of 15 departments and 20 multi-disciplinary centres. It is affiliated with a worldwide outreach and has been credited with valuable contributions across a number of fields. Since its inception in 1958, IIT B has been spearheading the growth of technology and research across all engineering branches with the help its high calibre, briliant, enthusiastic students and qualified faculties. Its 2021 QS ranking of being #1 in India & #177 amognst all international universities are a testimony of its high research standards and well-versed academic know-how. For more Information on IIT B Click here.
About Mumbai
Mumbai is considered India's financial and commercial capital and is decorated with a number of seaside destinations like the Gateway of India, Elephanta Caves, several beaches, state-of-the-art skyscrapers and many more tourist spots. The metropolitan city of Mumbai hosts a number of high standard hotels and restaurants, which you can visit to have a glimpse of the pronounced hospitality and fooding services provided within the Indian sub-continent.
