Building an outer space business in India
Channel: Ikigai Law
Date: 26/05/2020

This webinar is presented by Ikigai Law in association with The Space Law Practice Network. 

Awais Ahmed, CEO at Pixxel Space will be in conversation with Anirudh Rastogi, Managing Partner at Ikigai Law. They will discuss the opportunities and challenges of building an outer space business in India; its regulatory framework and stakeholders. They will also explore how this compares with building a similar business in the US or EU. 

Speakers Profile:

Awais Ahmed is the CEO of Pixxel Space, a startup on its mission of "building satellites to provide affordable access to valuable satellite imagery." Pixxel was the lone Asian company to be part of the Techstarts spacetech accelerator program 2019. Previously, Awais was part of the founding team of Hyperloop India - finalists of the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition in 2017.

Anirudh Rastogi is the Managing Partner at Ikigai Law. He has advised several aerospace ventures including Team Indus on their launch contract with IRSO, and Pixxel on their launch contract with Russia's GK Services. He was named Achiever of the Year 2017 by Business World magazine and a 'pioneer' for his work on India's drones policy by the Economic Times.