Goa, Sept. 6 -- Following a joint representation from ISRO employee associations seeking formal written clarification on the space agency's future, Pawan Goenka, Chairman of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), issued a reassuring statement on Sunday. Goenka unequivocally affirmed that ISRO will remain the "bedrock of the Indian space sector," addressing growing concerns among personnel regarding the agency's evolving mandate amidst ongoing space sector reforms.

The anxiety among ISRO staff stemmed from recent public statements indicating that ISRO might eventually stop manufacturing launch vehicles, transferring operational duties to private entities and space PSU NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). Staff ...