India Space Congress 2022 – Springboard for SpaceTech Startups
The India Space Congress 2022, provides an opportunity for space entrepreneurs to showcase their business/business ideas on launch capabilities, Satellite systems that bring unique advantages, building communications or remote sensing satellite constellations, generating insights from space-based data, or even working on space sustainability. The start-ups have an opportunity to gain mentors to handhold them through the initial phase and offer their expertise to advise the mentors to help develop future leaders and galvanize personal and career development.
Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, President – SIA-India said, “The SpaceTech start-up ecosystem will play a pivotal role in scaling up India’s space program. At the India Space Congress 2022, start-ups will pitch their ideas to investors and mentors. The tenet of this pitch is to provide the SpaceTech entrepreneurs an opportunity to be mentored by some of the biggest names in the space and satellite communication industry. Ever since SIA-India’s formation, our endeavor has been to create an ecosystem where established industry members can mingle with the brightest SpaceTech entrepreneurs.”
Over 45 SpaceTech entrepreneurs have submitted their business ideas and more submissions are expected. The jury members include Vinod Kumar of IN-SPACe, Vivek Virmani, CEO-iDEX, Benjamin Zeituon of Starburst Ventures, Rahul Seth of Antler, and Raghu Das of E2MC.
The India Space Congress 2022 is supported by ISRO, IN-SPACE, NSIL, DoT, MoD, and the NITI Aayog apart from various domestic and international trade bodies.
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SIA-India is a non-profit association created to represent the interests of the communication satellite ecosystem in India. As a vibrant body, SIA-India represents satellite operators, satellite systems, launch vehicles and ground and terminal equipment manufacturers and application solutions providers to the Government, Regulators, Policymakers, and domestic and international standards bodies. As the apex representative body for the satellite communications ecosystem, we aim to present the industry's interest to the highest Government levels for policy-making and regulatory and licensing matters.
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