Astrophysics in isro

A network of telescopes and radars are being set up under the Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management to monitor space debris and to safeguard space-based assets.
The new facility will end ISRO's dependence on Norad.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has an active research group in Astronomy and Astrophysics that is part of the Physics department.
Currently this group has seven faculty members
Working in different areas of astrophysics.
The IISc astrophysics group started in 1986.

ISRO has put into operation two major satellite systems:
The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) for communication services
And the Indian Remote Sensing Programme (IRS) satellites for management of natural resources. The organisational structure of the Indian Department of Space

Under the government of Indira Gandhi
INCOSPAR was superseded by ISRO.
Later in 1972
A space commission and Department of Space (DoS) were set up to oversee space technology development in India specifically.
ISRO was brought under DoS
institutionalising space research in India and forging the Indian space programme into its existing form.

Astrophysicist and cosmologist generally are always in the theoretical realm so ISRO is not a suitable place for them

For ISRO, the best person can be a technical scientist, who is a well qualified and well versed engineer, who can help in making good cost effective and novel projects for ISRO

ISRO, Indian Space Research organisation is one of the top six space organisation of the world along with NASA (USA) , RKA (RUSSIA) , ESA (Europe) ,CNSA (China) & JAXA from Japan

ISRO has covered long distance since its launch of first space satellite name Aryabhatta in 1975

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The Department of Space has several organisations other than ISRO

One of these is Physical Research Laboratory, the “cradle of space science in India”

Founded by Vikram Sarabhai himself, Physical Research Laboratory is an elite research organisation under the Department of Space

They have a department of Astronomy and Astrophysics