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NewSpace India

Narayan Prasadwww.newspaceindia.com
The NewSpace India podcast brings you insights by providing glimpses of the past, addresses the present challenges and installs a vision for the future from experts who have been involved in India's space activities. Stay connected to the space community by joining the Telegram group using the link below https://t.me/spaceindia
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Episodes

Taking satellite data to the fishing community

More about Numer8 - https://www.numer8.in/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Apr 24, 202049 minEp. 22

India needs a national space policy before a space law

Ranjana Kaul is a Partner at Dua Associates, Advocates & Solicitors, in New Delhi, India. She holds an LLM from the Institute of Air & Space Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada. Subscribe to Unbounded who helped create this episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNy5vmqh_YtMyO5rEdjLeaw Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcas...

Apr 10, 202043 minEp. 21

Creating a platform for space themed science fiction movies in India

Mysore Masala - The UFO Incident's Teaser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx7D4DDZiik Connect with Ajay Sarpeshkar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-sarpeshkar/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Mar 27, 202049 minEp. 20

Building a business using Earth Observation (EO) satellites in India

More about Kawa Space - Visit https://kawa.space/ Subscribe to Unbounded who helped create this episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNy5vmqh_YtMyO5rEdjLeaw Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Mar 13, 202041 minEp. 19

A Indo-German joint venture to produce small satellites in India

Berlin Space Technologies - https://www.berlin-space-tech.com/ Azista Aerospace - http://www.azistaaerospace.com/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Feb 28, 202049 minEp. 18

Evolution of commercial satcom in India

Ramesh Nagasamudram and Govindarajan DS are cofounders of Aniara Space, a commercial satcom company based in India and US. They have over 50 years of satellite communications industry experience between them. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Feb 14, 20202 hr 1 minEp. 17

Birthing the roots of astrobiology in India

Dr. Siddharth Pandey is the Head of Amity Space Centre and the Centre of Excellence in Astrobiology at Amity University, India. As a part of this, he is leading an initiative to establish India’s first centre that will work towards studying the origins and distribution of life in the Universe. Prior to this, he has experience in building sample collection instruments for Mars and Venus surface missions while working at NASA Ames, USA. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do j...

Jan 31, 20201 hrEp. 16

Challenges of dealing with ISRO as a science communicator

Vasudevan Mukunth is the Science editor at The Wire. He is a science communicator in Bengaluru, India who writes about astronomy, high-energy physics, statistics, scientific publishing and the digital media. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Jan 17, 202046 minEp. 15

The journey of satellite remote sensing in India and the challenges it faces today

Arup Dasgupta worked in the Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, from November 1970 to March 2005. He began his career in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) and later was involved in the management of applications programmes for several remote sensing satellites including Bhaskara and IRS as well as the development of image and information processing systems. Post his retirement from ISRO, Arup served as a Distinguished Professor at the Bhaskaracha...

Jan 03, 20201 hr 6 minEp. 14

Foundations of the Chinese space program and its current capabilities

Prof. Chandrashekar is was a Professor in the Corporate Strategy and Policy Area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). Prior to his joining IIMB, he spent more than 20 years working at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). His work at ISRO covered all parts of the programme - satellite, rockets as well as the applications of space technology, especially remote sensing. Profile of Prof. Chandrashekar - https://www.nias.res.in/visiting-chair-professor/s-chandrashekhar Wa...

Dec 20, 20191 hr 9 minEp. 13

Pixxel - Turning an idea into a space start-up from the campus of BITS Pilani

Pixxel is building a constellation of earth-imaging small satellites to provide an entirely new kind of dataset that today’s satellites aren’t capable of. The planned constellation of satellites will provide global coverage every 24 hours enabling organisations around the globe to detect, monitor and predict global phenomena in near real time. https://www.pixxel.space/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/sugges...

Dec 06, 201953 minEp. 12

An institutional investor's thesis for funding NewSpace in India

Mahesh Murthy is among India’s best-known and most-successful investors. He has twice been named “India’s Best VC of the Year”, an award voted on by investors in VC funds. Mahesh runs Exseed, Asia’s only fund focused on space companies. Exseed believes in the ‘new space’ thesis, and has already earmarked a dozen investments including Satellize (earlier known as Exseed Space) – India’s first private company in space, with successful launches on SpaceX and ISRO; GroundCloud – an upcoming offering ...

Nov 22, 201942 minEp. 11

Space law and its relevance for the rise of India's space entrepreneurs

Deepika Jeyakodi is a Contracts and Bid Manager (Commercial Contracts and Legal) at Airbus Defence and Space in the Netherlands. Previously, she practised law at the Madras High Court, India, for five years. She also holds an Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law from Leiden University. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Nov 08, 201948 minEp. 10

Commercial space activities need to be inclusive of emerging NewSpace players

Rakesh Sasibhushan joined ISRO during 1984 in the area of Launch Vehicle manufacturing and currently is the Chairman & Managing Director of ANTRIX Corporation, which is the commercial arm of ISRO. Prior to this assignment, from 2015 to 2016 he was the Director of ISRO’s Propulsion Complex, at Mahendragiri, Tamilnadu, and from 2011 to 2015 he was the Dy. Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre heading the Composites Entity at the Vattiyoorkavu Campus of VSSC. ISRO’s CE20 cryogenic engine tes...

Oct 25, 201946 minEp. 9

Making model rocketry accessible as a tool in hands-on education

Rocketeers is India’s first solid fuel-powered model rocket kit manufacturer, supplying kits to schools, colleges and rocket enthusiasts across the country. Rocketeers also provides experiential learning-based STEM education using a scientifically designed curriculum, experiments and projects to STEM education organisations and educational institutions across the country. For more information on Rocketeers, visit https://www.rocketeers.in/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community?...

Oct 11, 201950 minEp. 8

Building a launch vehicle startup out of India

For more information on Skyroot Aerospace, visit https://skyroot.in/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sep 27, 20191 hr 6 minEp. 7

India's space program needs a public outreach overhaul

Gurbir Singh is a Manchester-based Blogger and Author who has written about Yuri Gagarin's visit to Manchester, the Indian Space Programme and more. He also runs the AstrotalkUK podcast. More information - https://astrotalkuk.org/ Gurbir has a new book coming soon on Stephen H Smith: India’s Forgotten Rocket Pioneer whose information is available on - https://astrotalkuk.org/stephenhsmith/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8...

Sep 13, 201958 minEp. 6

Challenges in building a career in Astrophysics in India

Dr. Abhijeet Borkar did undergraduate education from Fergusson College, Pune and masters in physics from the University of Pune and subsequently did his PhD at the International Max Planck Research School at Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. He is currently working as a post-doctorate researcher at the Astronomy Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comm...

Aug 30, 201943 minEp. 5

Susmita Mohanty - India's protégée of Arthur Clarke

Full profile of Dr. Susmita Mohanty - http://www.themoonwalker.in Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Aug 16, 201934 minEp. 4

India's approach to human spaceflight with Rakesh Sharma

In 1970 Sharma joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot. He flew 21 combat missions in a MiG-21 in the Bangladesh war of 1971. In 1982 he was selected as a cosmonaut for a joint Soviet-Indian spaceflight. On April 3, 1984, he flew on board Soyuz T-11 with two Soviet cosmonauts to the space station Salyut 7. There Sharma performed experiments that included photography of India from space and exercises to study the effects of yoga on the body during weightlessness. Want to keep in touch with the New...

Aug 02, 201936 minEp. 3

A management graduate in India's space agency during the 70s

Profile of Prof. Chandrashekar - https://www.nias.res.in/visiting-chair-professor/s-chandrashekhar Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Jul 19, 201958 minEp. 2

Cooperation in Space between India and France

Want to learn more about the India and France cooperation in outer space? Read the chapter by Prof. Jacques Blamont in Space India 2.0 in the link below https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Space2.0_Final_24Feb.pdf Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Jul 05, 201943 minEp. 1
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