Inspection of IIST by the second sub-committee of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language was held on 9th January 2025. IIST has been selected as one of the organizations for inspection by Parliamentary Committee on Official Language along with 25 other Government organizations in Kerala.

An IIST team comprising Prof. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, along with Prof. Umesh Kadhane and Prof. Sarita Vig were invited as guests for panel discussion at the Cosmic Fest held at Nehru Science Centre Mumbai, Mumbai, on 25 April 2025. The event was organised by Sky Explorers with participation from numerous schools and colleges in Mumbai.

A special moment unfolded at the GLEX 2025 venue, as the IIST alumni gathered to meet with Dr. B.N. Suresh (Honourable Chancellor, IIST), Prof. Dipankar Banerjee (Director, IIST), Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph (Registrar & Dean (Academics)), and faculty rekindling old connections and sharing their journeys. The Global Space Exploration Conference 2025 - GLEX 2025 is happening from 7 to 9 May 2025 in New Delhi.

A team from IIST led by Prof. Dipankar Banerjee (Vice Chancellor,IIST), and coordinated by Prof. Priyadarshnam, visited office of the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HarSAC), Gurgaon, on 10 May 2025. Both the teams discussed possible collaboration opportunities in areas of mutual interest: (1) Capacity building of students and staff in the area of Space Science and Technology, (2) Jointly establishing ground station for operating student satellites in the amateur band, (3) Collaborative development of UAVs and student satellites for remote sensing.