In this episode, we take a deep dive into the dynamic shifts shaping India’s burgeoning space industry in 2024. From groundbreaking policy reforms to surging private sector participation, we explore how India positions itself as a global space powerhouse. Join us as we unpack the latest developments in space exploration, satellite technology, and commercial space initiatives.
Questions covered in this episode:
- Introduction to the subject matter expert
- Before we take a deep dive into the topic, can you please briefly highlight the key developments in the Indian space sector, both from government and commercial perspectives?
- How has the ongoing global crisis, including geopolitical tensions and economic challenges, influenced India’s space sector in 2024, especially in terms of funding, collaborations, and international partnerships?
- With an increasing focus on revenue generation, how have Indian space startups adapted their business models to balance innovation and profitability? Are there any standout success stories this year?
About the guest speaker:
Dr. Chaitanya Giri is a Fellow at ORF’s Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology. His work focuses on India’s space ecosystem and its interlinkages with the global space economy, academia-industry innovation and training interface for emerging STEM domains, and the evolving concepts of Planetary Security and One Health.
Dr. Giri sits on the Advisory Board of the Satcom Industry Association India and is a Nominated Member of the Senate of the University of Mumbai. He has previously worked at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (2021-24) and the Indian Council for Global Relations (2012-21). He had a consulting stint at the National Security Council Secretariat (2019-20) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre of the Department of Space (2023-24). He was an invited member of the NITI Aayog Committee on Space Economy (2022) and the International Cooperation Review Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences (2020-21).
Dr. Giri has authored ‘India in the Second Space Age of Interplanetary Connectivity’ (Routledge, 2022). He serves as the columnist of Science India magazine and is a co-editor of Srushtidnyan, a Marathi language science magazine). He has a Ph.D. from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, for which he received the 2014 Dieter Rampacher Prize of the Max Planck Society, Munich. He worked as the co-investigator of the Philae Lander of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission. He has worked as a planetary scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He has participated in numerous track 1.5 and 2.0 bilateral diplomatic interactions.
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