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Indulekha Aravind

Ex-ISRO chairman on privatisation and what left the space community ‘alarmed’

Current and former employees of Indian Space Research Organisation have recently raised questions about the apex space body’s future, expressed concerns over whether it would be privatised and the role of the private sector.

In this exclusive interview, former ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair speaks to Indulekha Aravind about why employees are worried, the controversial public statements about its future by the head of INSPACE (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre) and why it’s more urgent than ever that India enact a space law.

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