Narayan Prasad

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Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Creating a Space Startup in India

Narayan Prasad 28/02/2018

Contrary to what mainstream media opinion suggests, there no...

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An Open Letter to ISRO Chief K. Sivan on Promoting STEM Education in India

Narayan Prasad 04/02/2018

ISRO is a homegrown Indian success story often literally...

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Time for India to Consider a Special Track for Space Startup Incubation

Narayan Prasad 20/01/2018

Despite the potential, India’s share of the global $400...

A PSLV rocket at the first launchpad at SHAR, ahead of its C35 mission in September 2016. Credit: ISRO

The Future of India’s Commercial Spaceflight Is Closely Tied to the PSLV’s

Narayan Prasad 28/12/2017

By assessing the challenges facing the industrialisation and marketing...

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Why You Should Care About India’s New Private Sector Space Activities Bill

Narayan Prasad 29/11/2017

The Bill fails to address specific space-based activities separately,...

GSLV Mk III D1 lifting off… Credit: ISRO

What It Was Like to Watch the Mk III Launch Live – and Why You Should Watch the Next One

Narayan Prasad 06/06/2017

'When the countdown sequence hit T-minus-zero and the vehicle...

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How 2016 Heralded a New Kind of Race Into the Final Frontier

Narayan Prasad 31/12/2016

This time, it’s not one country against another as...