Archive · 21 Sep 2026
ISRO Advanced Radar Centre Planned for Assam Under NETRA
ISRO plans to build an advanced radar research centre in Chandrapur, Assam.
The centre will be part of Project NETRA.
Its job will be to help track objects moving in space.
This could help protect important satellites and other space equipment.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the centre is an important milestone for the state.
He also said Assam is becoming a home for major technology projects.
The chief minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for selecting Assam for the project.
A separate large power project was also announced in Assam.
That project is expected to create many construction and permanent jobs.
ISRO’s Advanced Radar Research Centre is planned for Chandrapur near Guwahati, Assam.
The facility will be established under Project NETRA to track objects in space.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said it will help protect India’s space assets.
Sarma described Assam as an emerging hub for strategic technology projects.
Separately, Assam received the foundation stone for Adani Power’s 3,200 MW thermal project in Dhubri district.
- Who
- The Indian Space Research Organisation, with support highlighted by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
- What
- An Advanced Radar Research Centre is planned under Project NETRA, alongside a separate 3,200 MW power project by Adani Power Limited.
- When
- The foundation stone for the radar centre was scheduled to be laid on Monday; the power project’s foundation stone was laid on Sunday.
- Where
- The radar centre will be at Chandrapur near Guwahati, Assam; the power project will be at Chapar in Dhubri district.
- Why
- The radar centre is intended to improve India’s ability to track space objects and protect space assets; the power project is intended to increase electricity generation and support industrial growth.
- Radar centre
- ISRO Advanced Radar Research Centre
- Location
- Chandrapur, near Guwahati, Assam
- Programme
- Project NETRA (Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis)
- Radar facility purpose
- Tracking objects in space and protecting vital space assets
- Power project
- Adani Power Limited’s 3,200 MW ultra-supercritical thermal power project
- Power project investment
- Approximately Rs 48,000 crore
- Estimated employment
- Around 25,000 construction jobs and approximately 5,000 permanent jobs