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November 2022/02
Thought Leaders for the Satellite Communication Industry in India
Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting has issued Policy Guidelines for Uplinking & Downlinking of TV channels, as announced by Secretary Min of I&B, Shri Apurva Chandra, during his speech at India Space Congress. The ministry has made multiple amends to enable ease of doing business & provide a level playing field to all stakeholders.



Download the Policy document here: https://mib.gov.in/broadcasting/broadcasting-codes-guidelines-and-policies
Launch of India's first private rocket 'Vikram-S'
Vikram-S is India's first privately built rocket was launched on 18 November 2022 from ISRO's launchpad at Sriharikota. The development of the rocket was done by Skyroot Aerospace. This marks the advent of private players in the Space Sector in India to advance technology in rocketry.

Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, President SIA-India, congratulated Skyroot Aerospace for creating history today by launching India's first private rocket Vikram-S. 'It is a proud moment for the country and Prarambh of New Space Era in India'.

Omnispace Demonstrating powerful global, hybrid real-time connectivity using NTN
SIA-India member Omnispace has recently demonstrated powerful global, hybrid real-time connectivity from Canada to Saudi Arabia using a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and mobile cellular communications. Omnispace successfully conducted a trial to demonstrate how seamless global voice and data connectivity is possible, in real-time, around the globe. The trial took place at the Aramco, Dhahran Fire Training Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The objective was to successfully connect a drone to both the Omnispace existing non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) network and the Saudi Telecom Company (STC) cellular network.
SIA-India at Geospatial Summit 2022


SIA-India was a supporting partner to Geospatial Summit 2022 organized by Geospatial World at HICC, Hyderabad. The GeoSmart India 2022 in its 22nd Edition on the theme "#geospatialbydefault: Empowering Billions!" showcased geospatial tech, emerging technologies and discussed how policies are having a disruptive impact on Indian businesses, Government, and society; and tech is playing a significant role in making the country 'Atmanirbhar' by driving innovations and building scalable solutions.

Mr. Anil Prakash, DG SIA-India emphasized the need for an Integrated Space Policy and stressed on the need to create an easy conducive atmosphere for business at the Geospatial "Artha" Summit. Geospatial technology would be driving inclusion and progress in national development projects like SVAMITVA, PM Gati Shakti, Jal Jeevan Mission etc.

Dr S Somanath, Chairman ISRO was conferred the Bhaskar Award from India Society of Remote Sensing [ISRS] at the Geospatial Summit.



Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award by the Hon'ble Minister of Jal Shakti Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at the Geo Smart India 2022 in Hyderabad.



SIA-India congratulates its Member Ananth Technologies Limited on receiving Industry Leadership Award at the GeoSmart-2022 conference

India-Japan Geospatial Business Summit
Dr Subbarao Pavuluri President SIA-India & CMD Ananth Technologies Ltd spoke at India-Japan Geospatial Business Summit, Hyderabad about possible collaborations between the two countries on various defence and aerospace projects.
Mr. Abhishek Malhotra, co-chair SIA-India Space Law Committee & Partner TMT Law Practice spoke about Indian Space Policy Framework at the India-Japan Geospatial Business Summit, Hyderabad.

He shared his thoughts on:
Policy Impact and Ease of Doing Business: An Indian Perspective
India-Japan Geospatial & Space Technology Collaboration: Opportunities for Industry
Technology Transfer and Make in India: Opportunities and Potentials
Video Broadband Summit 2022
Rajeev Gambhir , Sr Director, Technology & Policy - Satcom Industry Association - chaired and moderated a Panel Discussion : Will Broadband-Over-Satellite Services Grow Fixed Broadband Penetration In India? Mr Gambhir said "Satellites have enabled the Television economy, that as a medium for entertainment and information consumption has had a dominant role in India. The proliferation of broadband will need Mobile, Fibre, and Satellites to play a complementary role to each other. Latest advancements in Satellites enable these technology solutions in a cost-effective manner."

Panelists on the session were: Dr Prem Ojha - Fastway Transmissions Pvt. Ltd; ; Gaurav Kharod - Intelsat; Kiran Sangoram - Hughes Communications India; Sameer Kanse - NXTDIGITAL Limited; Raunak Maheshwari - Extreme Labs.

SIA-India participation at TSDSI Conference
The 5th edition of the conference, TTDD 2022 with the theme "Standards for Sustainable Development" deliberated on standards for sustainable development in select topics covering 6G, services and solutions for digital inclusion (affordable ubiquitous access), representative applications areas (XR, private networks), broadcast-broadband convergence, and horizontals spanning security, spectrum, interoperability.

Speaking at the TTDD conference organized by TSDSI_India, Mr. Anil Prakash, DG, SIA-India said that several advanced de-orbiting technologies have come to the fore in the space industry enabling sustainable use of space.

SIA-India congratulates the new Wireless Advisor GOI
Mr Anil Prakash, DG, SIA-India congratulates Shri V J Christopher for assuming office of Wireless Advisor to GOI , Ministry of Communications & IT

SIA-India at 'Securing India @75 Military History and Strategy'
SIA-India at the event 'Securing India @75 Military History and Strategy' organised by USI of India.



"India is not only facing a two-front conventional and unconventional threat from Pakistan and China but also has to cope with niche technologies deployed, as also, new age Space and the Cyber domains, called the fourth and fifth frontiers of war. Such complexities are being looked at by the Indian Defence establishment with a fresh prism, necessitating the setting up of agencies like Defence Space Agency, Defence Cyber Agency and Armed forces Special Forces Division. The Armed Forces continue to face the demands of modernization with homegrown solutions, conceiving organizational changes such as theaterisation, tenure based Agniveer soldiers and building a novel Indian Defence Industrial complex. Constraint of budgets and need of modernization remains an issue that confronts India at 75 years of Independence." Lt Gen PJS Pannu, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

Link to the article : https://www.newspost.live/en/securing-india-at-75-a-strategic-direction/
CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR INVESTMENT & FUNDING OF SPACE VENTURES IN INDIA

By Bharucha & Partners
India currently contributes to 2% of the global space economy. This is expected to grow to 8%. The Government has taken steps to facilitate growth through the establishment of IN-SPACe and NSIL. Operations may also be made easier through the proposed Space Policy 2022 which proposes to regulate the contribution of the private sector in technology transfer, remote sensing and satellite communication, and the pending Space Activities Bill which could ensure availability of testing facilities, data use, import incentives, etc.

However, funding of space ventures remains difficult. Lack of space readiness has been a hurdle to investment. India's stringent norms for foreign investment for the space sector disincentivize participation by foreign investors.

Startups should focus on initial test launches and preparing early proof of work to attract global investors. Efforts to lobby the Government to ease foreign investment regulations should continue. The sector could also benefit from production-linked incentive schemes, GST reductions, government-backed bank loan guarantees, tax holidays, etc. as these could reduce costs and boost manufacturing and upscaling of the industry. To ensure growth, the Government must both increase the ease of doing business and incentivize investment.
Congratulations to Galaxeye
SIA-India Congratulates its member GalaxEye Space which has made it to prestigious Tech 30 this year.

Space Technology Workshop
A curated workshop for start-ups/ entrepreneurs featuring India's top space scientists at ISRO Hqrs, Bengaluru on 6th Dec 22 9am- 5pm. Space Start-ups/entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend the workshop. To book slots: https://eventbrite.com/e/isro-space-technology-workshop-tickets-464903989347
DG connect:

"The Gaganyaan program would lay the foundation for a sustained & affordable human & robotic program for India in the long run. It will create a broader academia and industry participation and partnership in taking up the developmental and R&D activities."
Anil Prakash (Director General- SIA-India)
 
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Video and Broadband Summit 2022 sheds light on emerging business opportunities
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