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{{Short description|Former space agency}}
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The '''Indian National Committee for Space Research''' ('''INCOSPAR''')<ref name="BhargavaChakrabarti2003">{{cite book|author1=Pushpa M. Bhargava|author2=Chandana Chakrabarti|title=The Saga of Indian Science Since Independence: In a Nutshell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7crHmSeI5kC&pg=PA39|year=2003|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-81-7371-435-1|pages=39–}}</ref><ref name="Aliberti2018">{{cite book|author=Marco Aliberti|title=India in Space: Between Utility and Geopolitics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYtHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA12|date=17 January 2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-71652-7|pages=12–}}</ref><ref name="Launius2018">{{cite book|author=Roger D. Launius|title=The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j9wDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196|date=23 October 2018|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|isbn=978-1-58834-637-7|pages=196–}}</ref><ref name="NarayananRam2018">{{cite book|author1=Nambi Narayanan|author2=Arun Ram|title=Ready To Fire: How India and I Survived the ISRO Spy Case|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ks1SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59|date=10 April 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-93-86826-27-5|pages=59–}}</ref><ref name="HarveySmid2011">{{cite book|author1=Brian Harvey|author2=Henk H. F. Smid|author3=Theo Pirard|title=Emerging Space Powers: The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XD1ZaYbiWwMC&pg=PA144|date=30 January 2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4419-0874-2|pages=144–}}</ref> was set up by [[Vikram Sarabhai|Dr. Vikram Sarabhai]] in 1962<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/about-isro|title=About ISRO - ISRO|website=www.isro.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref> to formulate the [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Programme]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mann |first1=Adam |title=ISRO: The Indian Space Research Organization |url=https://www.space.com/indian-space-research-organization.html |accessdate=27 March 2019 |work=Space.com |date=1 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> At the time, the committee was part of the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]. The committee took over the responsibilities of the [[Department of Atomic Energy (India)|Department of Atomic Energy]] in space science and research. The then director of the DAE, [[Homi J. Bhabha|Dr. Homi Bhabha]], was instrumental in creation of the committee.

INCOSPAR took the decision to set up [[Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station]] (TERLS) at [[Thumba]] on the southern tip of India. [[H.G.S. Murthy]] was appointed as the first Director of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-i-m-proud-that-i-recommended-him-for-isro-ev-chitnis-2109096|title=I'm proud that I recommended him for ISRO: EV Chitnis|date=29 July 2015}}</ref> [[Abdul Kalam|Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] (who later became the President of India) was amongst the initial team of [[rocket]] engineers forming the INCOSPAR.

INCOSPAR was superseded by the Indian Space Research Organisation ([[ISRO]]) in 1969.<ref name="BhargavaChakrabarti2003"/>

==References==
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Indian National Committee for Space Research - Revision history

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