Telangana’s SpaceTech draft policy framework released

Space Technology is evolving to solve real-life problems, besides offering new means to address global challenges that encompasses satellites, space stations, ground stations, monitoring and tracking centres.

Hyderabad: The State Government’s Emerging Technologies Wing has formulated a SpaceTech policy framework in consultation with experts from industry and academia.

The draft copy was released for comments and suggestions, which have to be shared before October 25. The draft policy can be downloaded from https://bit.ly/TS-SpaceTech https://bit.ly/TS-SpaceTech.

Space Technology is evolving to solve real-life problems, besides offering new means to address global challenges that encompasses satellites, space stations, ground stations, monitoring and tracking centres.

More importantly, constant efforts are being made to accelerate private industry’s contribution in the Indian space sector with the release of SpaceCom Policy 2020, Space RS Policy 2020, Geospatial Policy 2021, among others, and the establishment of agencies like NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN–SPACe).

Considering these factors, the Telangana government’s SpaceTech framework intends to support private sector participation in the space economy.
The policy framework is aimed at achieving different objectives including supporting businesses and entrepreneurship, boost manufacturing, become a testbed for remote sensing applications, attract global investments and make Telangana the global technology hub for SpaceTech.

This can be achieved by undertaking many initiatives which can be classified into Access to Infrastructure, Business Facilitation and Collaboration, Skill Development & Training and Promoting Research & Innovation.

Already, major companies like Ananth Technologies, VEM Technologies, MTAR Technologies, etc. and renowned start-ups like Skyroot, Dhruva and others are conducting their operations in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad also has facilities like DRDO, NRSC, ADRIN, DRDL, RCI, BDL, MDN, Ordnance Factory, DMRL, ARCI (Materials), etc. that play a key role in the SpaceTech ecosystem.

State IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said Hyderabad already contributed 30 per cent of parts for Mars Orbiter Mission.

“With national policies and regulations focused on further unlocking private participation in the sector, Telangana aims to be a key player in the growth journey of the SpaceTech sector. The draft framework is therefore the State’s strategy towards achieving this,” he said.

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