'Gen Z Transforming India's Future': PM Modi's Big Shoutout To Youth For Tech Leap | WATCH

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated Indian space startup Skyroot's Infinity Campus in Hyderabad and discussed how when the government opened the space sector, the country's youth, especially the Gen-Z generation, came forward to take full advantage of it. Unveiling the company's first orbital rocket, Vikram-I, which has the capability to launch satellites to orbit, the PM highlighted the government's 'historic' space reforms that are opening up the space sector to private players."Today, over 300 Indian space startups are giving new hopes to India's space future. Most of these space startups began with small teams, sometimes two people, sometimes five, sometimes in a small rented room, with limited resources but with determination

to reach new heights. I had the opportunity to meet them," he said, adding this spirit gave birth to the private space revolution in India.

India's youth taking every new opportunity: PM Modi

The Prime Minister said today, Gen Z engineers, Gen Z designers, Gen Z coders and Gen Z scientists are creating new technologies. Be it the propulsion system, composite materials, rocket stages, satellite platforms, India's youth are working in areas that were unimaginable a few years ago, he said."They utilise every opportunity wisely. When the government opened the space sector, the country's youth, especially our Gen Z, leapt forward to take full advantage of it. Today, India's more than 300 space start-ups are giving new hope to India's spacefuture," he said.The PM said that today in India's space ecosystem, private sector was emerging with flying colours. Over 300 space startups were giving new hopes to the sector. "The Infinity Campus is a reflection of India's new thought, innovation and the bigger youth power. Youth's innovation, risk taking-ability and entrepreneurship are touching new heights," the PM noted."India's private space talent is making its own identity in the world. Today, India's space sector is becoming an attractive destination for global investors. Today, the demand for small satellites is increasing rapidly in the world," Modi added.He traced the journey of the Indian space programme from its nascent stages-- where rocket parts were moved in a bicycle, to building the "most trusted launch vehicle."The journey might have started with limited resources but the growth proved determination decides dreams, PM Modi said. In these changing times, space sector is expanding so much, covering the areas of communication, weather prediction, urban planning and national security, among others."So that is why we have made historic reforms in space sector, opened it up to the private sector, made new space policy. Startups and industry were linked with innovation, set up In-Space," he said.He further said plans were there to open up the nuclear sector also to private players.Skyroot is India's leading private space company, founded by Pawan Chandana and Bharath Dhaka, both IIT alumni and former scientists of ISRO. Its state-of-the-art facility will have around two lakh sq.ft. workspace for designing, developing, integrating and testing multiple launch vehicles, with a capacity to build one orbital rocket every month.(With PTI inputs)