India announced a capacity building programme UNNATI (UNispace Nanosatellite Assembly & Training by ISRO) on Nanosatellites development through a combination of theoretical coursework and hands-on training on Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) in June 2018  to celebrate the 50th anniversary  of the first United nation conference UNISPACE+50. U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) being the lead centre of ISRO for satellite building has designed the basic structure of this programme with equal emphasis on theoretical and practical exposure. The primary objective of the programme is to provide theoretical course on Satellite technology, comprehensive course on Nanosatellite realizationand hands-on training to assemble, integrate and test a low cost, modular Nanosatellite. The programme is scheduled to be conducted in three batches.
The programme was formally inaugurated by Dr Jitendra Singh, Honorable Minister of State(Space) on 17thJanuary, 2019 at URSC, Bengaluru. Dr K.Sivan, Chairman, ISRO/Secretary, DOS, Shri P Kunhikrishnan,Director, URSC,Shri Indra Mani Pandey,Additional Secretary, D&ISA, MEA and Shri PJVKS Prakasha Rao, Chairman, Organising Committee were present during the Inaugural function.The Course proceedings in the form of Booklet and CD were released during the programme.
The first batch of the above programme is scheduled during 15th January – 15th March 2019. 30 participants from 17 different countries are participating in this programme. Two more batches are planned subsequently during October 2019 & October 2020.