Narayan Prasad

NewSpace India

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The NewSpace India podcast brings you insights by providing glimpses of the past, addresses the present challenges and installs a vision for the future from experts who have been involved in India's space activities. Stay connected to the space community by joining the Telegram group using the link below https://t.me/spaceindia

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Narayan Prasad

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Pixxel - Turning an idea into a space start-up from the campus of BITS Pilani 06.12.2019 53:02

Pixxel is building a constellation of earth-imaging small satellites to provide an entirely new kind of dataset that today’s satellites aren’t capable of. The planned constellation of satellites will provide global coverage every 24 hours enabling organisations around the globe to detect, monitor and predict global phenomena in near real time. https://www.pixxel.space/ Want to keep in touch with t...

An institutional investor's thesis for funding NewSpace in India 22.11.2019 42:11

Mahesh Murthy is among India’s best-known and most-successful investors. He has twice been named “India’s Best VC of the Year”, an award voted on by investors in VC funds. Mahesh runs Exseed, Asia’s only fund focused on space companies. Exseed believes in the ‘new space’ thesis, and has already earmarked a dozen investments including Satellize (earlier known as Exseed Space) – India’s first privat...

Space law and its relevance for the rise of India's space entrepreneurs 08.11.2019 48:16

Deepika Jeyakodi is a Contracts and Bid Manager (Commercial Contracts and Legal) at Airbus Defence and Space in the Netherlands. Previously, she practised law at the Madras High Court, India, for five years. She also holds an Advanced LL.M. in Air and Space Law from Leiden University. Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For c...

Commercial space activities need to be inclusive of emerging NewSpace players 25.10.2019 46:23

Rakesh Sasibhushan joined ISRO during 1984 in the area of Launch Vehicle manufacturing and currently is the Chairman & Managing Director of ANTRIX Corporation, which is the commercial arm of ISRO. Prior to this assignment, from 2015 to 2016 he was the Director of ISRO’s Propulsion Complex, at Mahendragiri, Tamilnadu, and from 2011 to 2015 he was the Dy. Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre...

Making model rocketry accessible as a tool in hands-on education 11.10.2019 50:04

Rocketeers is India’s first solid fuel-powered model rocket kit manufacturer, supplying kits to schools, colleges and rocket enthusiasts across the country. Rocketeers also provides experiential learning-based STEM education using a scientifically designed curriculum, experiments and projects to STEM education organisations and educational institutions across the country. For more information on R...

Building a launch vehicle startup out of India 27.09.2019 1:06:19

For more information on Skyroot Aerospace, visit https://skyroot.in/ Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

India's space program needs a public outreach overhaul 13.09.2019 58:06

Gurbir Singh is a Manchester-based Blogger and Author who has written about Yuri Gagarin's visit to Manchester, the Indian Space Programme and more. He also runs the AstrotalkUK podcast. More information - https://astrotalkuk.org/ Gurbir has a new book coming soon on Stephen H Smith: India’s Forgotten Rocket Pioneer whose information is available on - https://astrotalkuk.org/stephenhsmith/ Want to...

Challenges in building a career in Astrophysics in India 30.08.2019 42:33

Dr. Abhijeet Borkar did undergraduate education from Fergusson College, Pune and masters in physics from the University of Pune and subsequently did his PhD at the International Max Planck Research School at Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany. He is currently working as a post-doctorate researcher at the Astronomy Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Want to keep in t...

Susmita Mohanty - India's protégée of Arthur Clarke 16.08.2019 33:58

Full profile of Dr. Susmita Mohanty - http://www.themoonwalker.in Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

India's approach to human spaceflight with Rakesh Sharma 02.08.2019 35:54

In 1970 Sharma joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot. He flew 21 combat missions in a MiG-21 in the Bangladesh war of 1971. In 1982 he was selected as a cosmonaut for a joint Soviet-Indian spaceflight. On April 3, 1984, he flew on board Soyuz T-11 with two Soviet cosmonauts to the space station Salyut 7. There Sharma performed experiments that included photography of India from space and exercise...

A management graduate in India's space agency during the 70s 19.07.2019 57:35

Profile of Prof. Chandrashekar - https://www.nias.res.in/visiting-chair-professor/s-chandrashekhar Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cooperation in Space between India and France 05.07.2019 42:54

Want to learn more about the India and France cooperation in outer space? Read the chapter by Prof. Jacques Blamont in Space India 2.0 in the link below https://www.orfonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Space2.0_Final_24Feb.pdf Want to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discord https://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8T For comments/suggestions, write to curator@newspaceindia.com...