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ISRO supports startups through its infrastructure setups

The ISRO’s efforts are admirable due to its open infrastructure giving wings to startups in the country.

Currently working on an FDI policy, the Department of Space for the space tech sector in order to laying out the rules for foreign capital limits. This is what is said by an entrepreneur who looked delighted being aware of the deliberations at the government level.

This is Awais Ahmed who walked around SpaceX’s hangar  beholding at the sleeping Falcon 9s – the reusable rockets which land back on the earth.

Awais Ahmed was among the Hyperloop Pod finalists which is a SpaceX initiative for inspiring young scientists. Ahmed had received an invitation to visit Hawthorne (California) in 2017, which is the headquarters of SpaceX.  Ahmed was too excited to shake hands with Elon Musk, the Tesla Inc co-founder himself.

The unforgettable experience of the SpaceX, changed Ahmed’s life, and five years on, now he – being the cofounder and chief executive of Pixxel, a Bengaluru-based space tech startup is managing for boarding his low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite onto the deck of a FalconX.

Look at what says Awais Ahmed, “When I was there watching the SpaceX facilities in the US, during a tour of the factory. I looked at the rocket engines which were being built there, and that is where I strongly felt within me –  that this is what I wanted to do in life. This was the moment of  Eureka of my life!”

”I then decided I am going to work in space tech field for the rest of my life,” says Ahmed.

The goal crystallized in California, grew wing in India for Ahmed. Just during the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2020, the Department of Space planned to set up an independent authorizing body for vetting private sector applications. It was also meant to enable startups for using the ISRO’s facilities.

 

 

Parijat Tripathi

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