Director U R Rao Satellite Centre gets promoted to Apex Scale in GoI under Merit Promotion Scheme
Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for promotion of Kunhikrishnan P, Distinguished Scientist & Director, U.R. Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru from […]
“Space Prorgramme: Private Sector participation will check talented space scientists from moving out of India”
Newsroom24x7 Network Private Sector participation will enhance the capacity and resources of our space missions India’s first human space mission “Gaganyaan” will not be affected by COVID pandemic Chandrayaan-3 Lunar […]
Leadership deficit in ISRO and Modi Government’s initiative to go for Space Sector reforms
Lalit Shastri Over the years and in public interest, Newsroom24x7 has been following closely the working and performance of the Space Headquarters that they prefer to call ISRO, and also […]
Space Sector reforms and ISRO: Will it be business as usual?
Lalit Shastri On June 23, when it was already confirmed that the Union Cabinet would be meeting on Wednesday 24 June and the restructuring of the Space Sector was an […]
Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre will create the ground for participation of private industries in the Space Sector
Newsroom24x7 Network India takes first step towards restructuring the Space Sector New Delhi: Carrying forward it’s plan to restructure India’s Space Sector, the Government of India has decided to set […]
Nature, Science and Arts
Distinguished Scientist, Advisor Department of Space and former head of Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, Tapan Misra spoke eloquently on Nature, Science and Arts during a web-based Conference on Science, organised […]
PM should be alert to machinations to upset the plan to reform the Space Sector
Lalit Shastri Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had made the announcement on 16 May that the Union Government has decided to go ahead with structural reforms in eight priority sectors, […]
We have arrived – naysayers excuse us
Tapan Misra We are our own hindrances In 1972, I was a student of class five in Shibnath High School, on the banks of river Hoogly in the northern outskirts […]
The Old Order Changeth, Yielding Place to New – Update on Structural Reform in Space Sector
Tapan Misra Many well wishers of ISRO, some are serving and retired colleagues, many of our citizens, justifiably proud of ISRO and its achievements, expressed reservations about my facebook post […]
Major policy change hidden in “Atmanirbhar” Programme
Tapan Misra Dateline July 2012. Just a couple of months back we launched RISAT satellite. I was visiting US State Department in Washington DC as part of Indo US dialogue […]
ISRO and the path to reform the space sector
Lalit Shastri The wheels of the government machinery move quite fast during crisis situation. One such move is the reorganization of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by the government of […]
Space Sector reforms will give a new thrust to India’s space programme: Dr Jitendra Singh
Newsroom24x7 Network New Delhi: Dr Jitendra Singh, MoS In-Charge Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, said on Sunday 17 May 2020 that for over six decades, India’s Space […]
Structural Reforms in Space Sector
Tapan Misra On the announcement of a slew of reforms in the Space Sector by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, distinguished scientist and Advisor with the Department of Space Tapan Misra […]
The myth called ISRO and the fictitious post of ISRO Chairman
Lalit Shastri Who created the myth called ISRO and the associated post of Chairman ISRO and why? This is a big question that the Department of Space (DoS) will have […]
Department of Space and ISRO: PMO has to bell the cat
Lalit Shastri The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been grappling with attempts to reform Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Many Parliamentary committees have recommended separation of the post of Secretary […]
ISRO: The fault line and the siege within
Lalit Shastri The seniority of two distinguished ISRO scientists has been bypassed to appoint P. Kunhikrishnan as a Member of the Space Commission. Kunnikrishnan is Director UR Rao Satellite center. […]
