Start
March 25, 2022 - 3:30 pm
End
March 25, 2022 - 5:00 pm
Topic: India’s Space Economy, 2011-12 to 2020-21, Its size and structure
Moderator: Professor B N Suresh, Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum,
Presenters:
Professor Sunil Mani, Director and Professor,
RBI Chair, Centre for Development Studies (CDS)
Professor Vinay Kumar Dadhwal
Indira Gandhi Chair Professor for Environmental Sciences,
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru
Dr. C S Shaijumon
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Trivandrum
Abstract: India is one of the few developing countries with a growing technological capability in the space industry. This capability manifests itself in designing, manufacturing, and launching various sizes and sophistication satellites. The state has played a significant role in evolving and nurturing this technological capability as the space sector has received considerable sums of public investment. The space economy has grown and can be an essential component of the country’s high technology manufacturing and services sectors. A necessary feature of this technological capability building is entirely built through indigenous R&D by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Employing an eclectic framework, the paper maps out the size and structure of India’s space sector and analyses the state’s role in shaping it. It also provides us with some estimates of the productivity of those public investments in creating a space economy.