Goa – January 20, 2021 – Prof. Dr. Ripu Ranjan Sinha, Founder of the Council for Sustainable Peace and Development, facilitated a distinguished interaction with an Ex-Director of ISRO, advancing collaborations in space technology, innovation, and sustainable development aligned with Viksit Bharat@2047.
Event Highlights
The facilitation session bridged Prof. Sinha’s expertise in innovation ecosystems with ISRO’s legacy of self-reliant achievements, echoing SDG 9 (Innovation, Infrastructure, Industry) from his recent University of Rajasthan SDG lecture series. Discussions focused on leveraging ISRO’s satellite tech for green agriculture, climate monitoring, and youth skilling—mirroring South Sudan’s Green Industrial Revolution 2030 where Prof. Sinha leads the delegation under H.E. James Wani Igga. Prof. Sinha highlighted synergies with India’s 112,000 startups, PLI schemes creating 60 lakh jobs, and R&D boost from 0.7% of GDP.
Prof. Sinha’s Pivotal Role
Building on his PhD supervision at Gujarat Technical University and participation at Sri Sunil Deodhar’s BJP event in New Delhi, Prof. Sinha connected the Ex-ISRO Director with Red-Green Movement platforms for space-enabled sustainable projects. His QIP training from IIT Kanpur/Mumbai and global roles (e.g., Global DigiSports 2019 inaugural) positioned him to foster academia-industry-space linkages, including Skill India models training 500M youth.
Strategic Outcomes
Key takeaways include joint ventures for renewable energy satellites, MSME tech upgrades, and Africa-India knowledge transfer via Asia Africa Development Council. This elevates Prof. Sinha’s contributions to a $30T economy vision by 2047 through scalable models like Chhattisgarh’s 1.6 lakh trained youth.
