Program Governance
ITCA has constituted an Advisory Board of globally renowned space scientists to guide the ambitious 75 Students’ Satellites initiative. This board comprises of:
- Padmashri Prof. R. M. Vasagam, Former Project Director, "APPLE" India's First Geo-Stationary Communication Satellite, Former VC, Anna University and Dr. MGR University, Former EC Member, VTU, Karnataka
- Padmashri Dr. Y. S. Rajan, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO HQ, Former VC, PTU, Punjab
- Padma Bhushan Dr. B. N. Suresh, Former Director, VSSC, Former Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO HQ
- Padmashri. Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director, Chandrayaan 1 & 2 and Programme Director, Mangalyaan, Former Director, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)/URSC, Bangalore
- Padmashri Dr. Dattaguru, Former Professor & HoD, Aerospace Department, Indian Institute of Science
- Dr. G.N. V. Prasad, Former Deputy Director, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), URSC, Bangalore
- Mr. V. Mahadevan, MPAD, Scientist, ISRO Satellite Centre, URSC, Bangalore
- Mr. B N Jagannatha Rao, Scientist, ISRO Satellite Centre, URSC, Bangalore
The Advisory Board provides technical leadership and oversight to institution student-built satellite programmes.
SpaceTech Leadership
ITCA's SpaceTech team comprises of veterans of the Indian space programme as well as domain experts from the global and Indian aerospace industries, who have led India’s aerospace missions.
Padma Shri. Dr Y. S. Rajan,
Honorary Distinguished Professor and Scientist, ISRO,
Former Vice Chancellor,
Punjab Technical University,
Author of INDIA 2020: A Vision for New Millennium along with Dr.APJ. Abdul Kalam,
Former President of India
Padma Shri.
Dr Mylswamy Annadurai,
Outstanding Scientist, ISRO,
Former Director, ISRO Satellite Centre,
Project Director, Chandrayaan1 & 2 and Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission),
Chairman,
National Design and Research Forum
Dr. L. V. Muralikrishna Reddy,
President,
Indian Technology Congress Association,
President,
BRICS Federation of Engineering Organisations and
President, University Space Engineering Consortium-India
Padmashri.
Dr. Dattaguru,
Former Professor & HoD,
Aerospace Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Padmashri. & Padmabhushan. Dr. B. N. Suresh,
Former Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
Former Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and
Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO HQ.
Dr. Wooday P. Krishna,
National President,
Indian Institution of Production Engineers,
Vice President, World Academy of Engineers
Vice President, UNISEC India
National Council Member,
The Institution of Engineers (India)
Dr. K. Gopalakrishnan
Secretary General, ITCA and BRICS FEO,
Project Director,
75 Students’ Satellites Consortium
Secretary General, UNISEC India
Gururaj BS
Chief Mentor - Content, Communication, and Training
75 Students’ Satellites Initiative .
Dr. R. Venkatesan,
Head, Ocean Observation Systems, Scientist G, National Institute of Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India and Visiting Professor, IIT Madras and IIT Bhuvneshwar
Dr. Meir Ariel,
Director General
Tel Aviv University Nano Satellite Centre
Prof. Chaim Eshed
Founder, Israeli Space Programme
Chairman, National Space Committee
Tel Aviv, Israel
Mr. Akiba Penkar
Director
MAZ INVESTMENTS PVT LTD
and
Managing Partner
SYMBA MAZ LTD, ISRAEL
Dr. S.K. Prasad
Professor, REVA University
Strategy and Operations
Dušan Radosavljević,
Founder and Head,
Committee for Space Programme Development (CSPD), Serbia
Founder, World CanSat/Rocketry Championship,
Advisor, TSC Technologies Private Limited
Ms. Rei Kawashima
Secretary General,
University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC) Global, Japan
Mr. R.K. Rajangam
Outstanding Scientist, ISRO satellite Centre (ISAC ) and Formerly
Prof. Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor,
President, Planet Aerospace
Mentor, IIT Madras/MSRIT StudentsSats
Technical and Project Management Team
CA Pradhyumna Kumar
Finance Director
ITCA
Srinivas Durvasula
Project Management
ITCA
Er. S. Shanmugam
Operations, ITCA
ITCA's SpaceTech team worked hard to make their vision a reality by developing skills in Small Satellite Platforms, Project Management, and Innovation to successfully deliver the first three Student built Satellites-UNITYSat.
With this confidence, ITCA mentored and fostered two spin-off firms, ISPACEI Satellite & Research Pvt Ltd in India and TMISAT in Israel, in 2020 to apply its SpaceTech team's research and consulting findings to the development of cube satellites.