Narendra Modi to launch ISpA, L&T-NxT’s Jayant Patil becomes chairman

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Association (ISpA) has named Jayant Patil, Senior Executive Vice President – Defence, L&T-NxT as the first Chairman of ISpA, and Bharti Airtel’s Chief Regulatory Officer Rahul Vatts as the Vice-Chairman of ISpA while Lt Gen. A.K. Bhatt (Retd.) has been appointed as the Director-General of the association.

The space and satellite companies’ industry association will be launched digitally on October 11, 2021, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as other executives and officials, ISpA said in a statement.

Its founding members include Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Nelco (Tata Group), OneWeb, Mapmyindia, Walchandnagar Industries and Ananth Technology Limited.