Why are scientists leaving India’s national space agency - and will tighter exit rules keep them there?
- Asia As India’s private spacetech sector takes off, competition for its most experienced scientists is raising questions about how the country can build a thriving commercial space industry without hollowing out the institution that helped make it possible.
- Naga Bharath Daka and Pawan Kumar Chandana, founders of Skyroot Aerospace, pose in front of Vikram-I, India's first private commercial rocket, at the campus of Skyroot Aerospace in Hyderabad, India, Nov 27, 2025.
- (Photo: Reuters/Priyanshu Singh) New: You can now listen to articles.
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- Asia As India’s private spacetech sector takes off, competition for its most experienced scientists is raising questions about how the country can build a thriving commercial space industry without hollowing out the institution that helped make it possible.
- Naga Bharath Daka and Pawan Kumar Chandana, founders of Skyroot Aerospace, pose in front of Vikram-I, India's first private commercial rocket, at the campus of Skyroot Aerospace in Hyderabad, India, Nov 27, 2025.
- (Photo: Reuters/Priyanshu Singh) New: You can now listen to articles.
Sources: CNA