<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidutoday asked ISRO scientists to play an important role in expanding citizencentric services by providing Satellite Data and help in formulating strategiesfor better Governance. Addressing scientists at the National Remote SensingCentre in Hyderabad this morning, he asked them to focus on the requirements ofthe common man, especially of farmers.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr Naidu also stressed on the </span>needfor<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> utilising satellite data for planning Inter-linking of rivers in </span>thecountry<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. He exuded confidence that the ISRO, which has so far launched 239foreign satellites of 28 countries,  will be a leading player in </span>thecommercial<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> satellite launch market in the world. The Vice President </span>alsointeracted<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> with the ISRO team scientists of Antarctica through </span>videoconference<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14.15pt;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Earlier, speaking on the occasion</span>,ISRO<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Chairman K Sivan said Chandrayan- 2 may be taken up on January 3rd </span>nextyear<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. He also said that ISRO will take up 18 projects including ten </span>satellitelaunches<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> during the next six months.</span></p><br />