The NIUSAT satellite , weighing around , was prepared as a collaborative work by over 200 students of the Noorul Islam University , Kanyakumari and is used for disaster management and crop monitoring . The work on the satellite began in 2007 and cost with help from ISRO . It was conceived by University 's chancellor A. P. Majeed Khan post 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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