India's science and technology roadmap to 2047 will take centre stage at the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2026 in New Delhi from October 27 to 29, ISRO Chairman Dr V. Narayanan said while addressing media persons in Bengaluru on Thursday, The Global Newswire reported.

Source: The Global Newswire

Narayanan said ISRO will showcase emerging technologies at the conclave exhibition, including a model of a proposed next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle that can place payloads weighing over 30,000 kg (yaani over 30 tonnes) into low Earth orbit.

Source: The Global Newswire

Also on display will be the Chandrayaan-4 and Chandrayaan-5 projects, which envisage sending Indian astronauts to the Moon — a task, he said, that has to be accomplished by 2040. The forthcoming human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan and the Bharatiya Antriksh Station will also be deliberated upon at the conclave, and a vision document on the space sector for Viksit Bharat will be presented.

Source: The Global Newswire

ESTIC-2026 is the second edition of the conclave and will be held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, under the theme 'Creative Minds, Catalyzing Science, Empowering Technologies', according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB). Organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), it spans 12 thematic areas with plenary sessions, technical discussions and exhibitions.

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Ahead of the conclave, research bodies have held curtain-raisers across the country; the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), for example, showcased agri-tech innovations including the world's first two genome-edited rice varieties under its 'Agri-Tech, Food Systems and Nutrition' theme, FNB News reported. Sources: The Global Newswire (October 22, 2026), PIB and FNB News.

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