A Dynamic India has ISRO success with a Moon landing. Russia’s lander failed. The perceptions of the world have turned to India being “one of the club” where USA, Russia, and China had been the only prior countries to successfully land on the Moon. The prestige of this accomplishment reflects well on Indian investments in space technology. The details of improvements since the 2019 failure adds to perceptions of Indian process and quality improvements over a multi-year period.
“Can India continue to grow Tech fast?” Space technology is a headline grabber. Celebrations across India were accompanied by tech firms talking up the advancements Indian technology was capable of getting done. The prospect of Space technology doesn’t drive decisions everywhere. Having a huge technology success that looks better than a traditional space power like Russia is a door-opener.
Large colossal global enterprises like Mercedes, HP, Apple, and others have major technology development projects in a Dynamic India. Incentives and access to the Indian market are being used to lure even more outside tech enterprises – Foxconn, AMD, Micron, and others. Instead of sending Indian tech staff and developers on temporary-work visas the Indian outsourcing enterprises now focused on transporting the collaborations and work back to India “on the fiber”, and soon, “on the satellite”.
A Dynamic India must create new tech jobs to soak up the graduates incoming into the job markets. Existing jobs have to be continually sold against competition (and AI) just to maintain foreign exchange, presence in many countries, and jobs dispersed across Indian geography.
There aren’t many Space technology projects to compete for in global markets. It is very powerful to demonstrate that a Dynamic India undertakes a very complex project and improves the process, improves the quality, and executes to a huge success. The power of the message is especially strong in Africa, South Asia, and less developed countries willing to pay attention to the “Indian Stack” of technology approaches and know-how.
Indian technology is often misunderstood in competitive global markets. Past preconceptions and assumptions are not commonly updated as rapid progress is made by a Dynamic India. The importance of Indian Space technology is to demonstrate the limitless possibilities envisioned by India in its own self-image. Yes, there is a lot of spend and talent resources expended on Indian Space technology. And, yes, this technology does have dual uses. The opportunities, and confident self-image, the Space technology program contributes should not be underestimated.
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