New Delhi, Nov 20 (UNI) Space Commission and Chairman Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman AS Kiran Kumar on Monday said innovations are shaping the Space Industry and the endeavour should be to provide access of advantages of space to common people.

Inaugurating the International Seminar on Indian Space Programme: ‘Trends and Opportunities for Industry’, Mr Kumar said, “The technological innovations have undergone a giant leap with the passage of time. The development and progress of the country is directly dependent on the strides made in the sector of space growth.”

A two-day seminar is being organised by ISRO, Antrix Corporation Limited (the commercial arm of ISRO), in coordination with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The objective for this conference is to deliberate on the best practices, pursue the ongoing discussion process to support further work of India's Space Sector and facilitate arriving at coherent framework, wherein India's Space Sector can start expanding the domestic and global opportunities through enhanced partnerships and collaborations.

Further, he emphasised the vision and objectives enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be achieved, with progress in ‘Make in India’ and ‘Start-up and Stand-up India’ initiatives.

He said the industry and stakeholders in the space sector value-chain can play a pivotal role in providing the necessary fillip to the advancement of country.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) president Naoki Okumura said the collaboration of India and Japan is multi-dimensional in aspects related to exploration of space science, collaboration among space industries of both countries; promote research communities for their scientific endeavour and development of centers of excellence in space infrastructure projects.

Vitaly Safonov, Deputy Director General, JSC Glavkosmos, Russia said the scope of collaboration of space industry is promising.

He said that India and Russia have excellent bilateral relations in political, cultural and diplomatic level and the space collaboration is another step in defining the growing relations between the two countries.

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