- Published on September 16, 2025
- In Deep Tech
India’s IITs are Great But…
“The issue is that India does not have a culture of spending money on academia…Our talent is not limited.”
Image by Nalini Nirad
- By Sanjana Gupta
India has a workforce talent that spans across states and major technology hubs. While this remains an advantage in the country, it has also come up as a key bottleneck. According to recent reports, of the 1.5 million engineering graduates, only 0.5% pursued further studies in aerospace.
Lt Gen AK Bhatt (retd), director general of the Indian Space Association (ISpA), told AIM in an exclusive conversation that the broader engineering base could still serve the space sector. “In space, you have to have multiple expertise in electronics, mechanical, design and other things. Even computers. So all these scientists, all these engineers, can be used in space,” he said.
At a recent panel discussion on self-reliance in space, industry leaders and officials pointed to bottlenecks th
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Sanjana Gupta
An information designer by training, Sanjana likes to delve into deep tech and enjoys learning about quantum, space, robotics and chips that build up our world. Outside of work, she likes to spend her time with books, especially those that explore the absurd.
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