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ISRO responds to staff questions: Ecosystem expanding, pvt sector won’t shrink our role
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In Short: ISRO has responded to staff concerns about its role amid plans to open up the space sector, emphasizing that private sector participation will not diminish its importance.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has addressed concerns from key employee associations regarding its privatisation drive, stating that the agency will continue to be India’s principal institution for advanced space research. ISRO clarified that the opening up of the space sector and the Indian Space Policy 2023 are aimed at creating a larger, stronger, and globally competitive Indian space ecosystem, not at reducing its role.
In a statement, ISRO emphasized that the reforms are intended to expand the ecosystem and multiply capabilities, rather than privatize. 'Industry, start-ups and academia are being enabled to participate across the space value chain, complementing and multiplying ISRO’s capabilities,' the agency said.
ISRO also noted that technologically demanding missions require it to remain focused on advanced research and capabilities that cannot be substituted by commercial activity. The current Indian space economy is estimated at around $8.4 billion, still a small share of the global space economy.
These reassurances come after key employees wrote to ISRO’s chairperson expressing doubts about the direction of the organisation’s privatisation drive and its implications for the existing workforce and ISRO’s future role.
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