Under RESPOND Programme, Research Chairs have been established in Academia/Institutions to foster research activities in the field of Space Science, Space Technology and Space Applications. ISRO has already setup 5 ISRO Research Chairs at Bangalore University; Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune; IISc Bangalore; NIAS, Bengaluru and IIT Kharagpur. ISRO chair aims at creating awareness and build up specialized knowledge base among the academicians, students and research scholars with special emphasis to space programme.