Draft Karnataka space tech policy launched at Bengaluru Tech Summit

The second day of the 27th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2024 commenced with a session on space technologies. The session featured keynote speeches by Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary of the Department of Space, Government of India, and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr. B.K. Das, Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States of America. Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Rural Development, and Panchayati Raj, Government of Karnataka, along with Dr. Ekroop Caur, IAS, Secretary to the Government, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, also attended the session.

The session began with welcome remarks by Kris Gopalakrishnan, who also anchored the session. He highlighted the importance of India-USA collaboration at both the ...