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India will launch industry-led policies in space sector: ISRO chief
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SME Times News Bureau | 17 Oct, 2021
India is revising its existing policies and is also in the process of
bringing in new ones to increase industry participation in the space
sector, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K. Sivan
said on Sunday.
Sivan, who is Secretary, Department of Space,
said this, via a video message during the inaugural session on 'Future
of Space-International Participations and Collaborations' at The India
Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai.
He emphasised that the recent reforms
in the sector has ensured that the role of the private sector has
evolved from being just suppliers to partners in the process. He also
highlighted that space is one of the significant areas that India is
looking at for international cooperation.
"I hope space
cooperation will further strengthen with commercial and technological
collaborations," said Sivan, adding that Indian industry has to play a
big role in the space sector globally.
India is planning to boost
the space sector in the global market. With an aim to make the country
an economic space hub in the future, it also recently launched a new
industry body, the Indian Space Association (ISpA).
Sivan said
that the government is open to inviting private players in the space
sector and ISRO is tying up with start-ups and industries.
"India is focussing on international collaborations, including bilateral and multilateral partnerships," he said.
In
the recent past, the ISRO has also joined hands with Niti Aayog, and
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to
encourage space start-ups in the country.
However, Sivan
emphasised on the need to make outer space safe and that it is a
collective responsibility of the government and non-government agencies
to ensure that.
The six-month-long Expo 2020 Dubai, which began
early on October 1, will run till March 31, next year. Among the 192
participating countries, India has the biggest pavilion in the expo.
Fifteen states and nine central ministries from India are participating
in this expo.
The India Pavilion features an innovative kinetic
facade made up of 600 individual colourful blocks. It is developed as a
mosaic of rotating panels that will depict different themes as they
rotate on their axis. It represents the theme of 'India on the move' and
is a unique amalgam of the rich heritage and technological advances of
the nation, according to an official statement.
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