New Delhi, Updated on Feb 21, 2023 11:29 IST

Former ISRO Chief K Sivan said students should set foot in the space infrastructure market, which has lot of potential to provide progress to both nation and innovative solution providers. 

Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said students should aspire to become entrepreneurs in the space field.  

Speaking after receiving ‘For the Sake of Honour Award’ from Rotary Pollachi of Rotary International District 3203 at a function held at a private engineering college in Pollachi, 35 km from here, he said a change is happening in India due to the efforts taken up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on various areas to make the country a global leader, The Print reported. 

The Union government has taken so much efforts to make the academic-startup-industry eco-system vibrant, and this is really conducive one for the entrepreneurs. Considering this, students should aspire to become entrepreneurs, and even set foot in the space infrastructure market, which has lot of potential to provide progress to both nation and innovative solution providers, Sivan said. 

Sivan dedicated the award to his team at ISROas all the accomplishments he made had become possible because of them.  In January 2018, he took over the reins of the country's space agency. Under his chairmanship, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2, the country's crucial second mission to Moon on July 22, 2019.

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