{"id":52239,"date":"2021-09-13T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=52239"},"modified":"2021-09-13T14:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:00:56","slug":"pawan-goenka-appointed-chairperson-of-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/pawan-goenka-appointed-chairperson-of-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Pawan Goenka appointed chairperson of In-SPACe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The announcement to launch <strong>IN-SPACe<\/strong> under the\u00a0Department of Space\u00a0was made in June 2020 to serve as the bridge between the\u00a0<strong>Indian Space Research Organisation<\/strong> (ISRO)\u00a0and other government agencies and the private sector to develop a commercially viable and vibrant space ecosystem in India. Its mandate is to regulate and promote the building of routine satellites, rockets, and commercial launch services through Indian companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former managing director of Mahindra &amp; Mahindra&nbsp;<strong>Pawan Kumar Goenka<\/strong>&nbsp;has been appointed as the chairperson of the&nbsp;<strong>Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe).<\/strong>&nbsp;During his R&amp;D tenure in M&amp;M, he led the development of the Scorpio SUV. IN-SPACe functions as an independent nodal agency under the Department of Space, Government of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goenka, an IIT alumnus, had been associated with two major automobile companies \u2013 General Motors and Mahindra &amp; Mahindra \u2013 in his professional career that spanned over four decades. He&nbsp;retired as the MD of the company&nbsp;on April 1, 2021, after spending 27 years with the Mahindra Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement to launch IN-SPACe under the\u00a0Department of Space\u00a0was made in June 2020 to serve as the bridge between the\u00a0Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)\u00a0and other government agencies and the private sector to develop a commercially viable and vibrant space ecosystem in India. 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