9 worker associations on the Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) have written to the house company’s Chairperson, V. Narayanan, looking for official clarification on the proposed switch of its manufacturing and operational features to personal entities. File
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9 worker associations on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have written to the house company’s Chairperson, V. Narayanan, looking for official clarification on the proposed switch of its manufacturing and operational features to personal entities.
In a letter dated Friday (September 4, 2026), the associations additionally raised questions in regards to the company’s future function and the results for serving staff and future recruitment.
“Personal participation in outlined industrial actions can coexist with a powerful, publicly owned ISRO. What can’t be accepted with out debate is a coverage that reduces ISRO to a residual R&D [research and development] boutique whereas the realisation of the nation’s launch autos and the operation of its launch infrastructure go out of public palms,” the letter stated.
It pointed to the August 21 feedback made by Pawan Goenka, chairperson of the Indian Nationwide Area Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), which promotes, allows, authorises and supervises numerous house actions of non-governmental entities.
Mr. Goenka, at a public occasion, reportedly stated, “Ultimately, ISRO won’t make any launch autos and won’t manufacture any launch autos. That can all be achieved by the personal sector or PSU.”
The worker associations claimed that these remarks haven’t been accompanied by any corresponding official communication from the Division of Area, explaining the authorised coverage, its authorized and administrative foundation, its phasing, or its penalties for the present workforce and future public recruitment.
“Expertise developed by ISRO is a nationwide asset. Its switch have to be clear, accountable and in keeping with strategic, security and employment issues — not introduced to staff by way of newspaper studies,” the letter stated.
It raised a number of different considerations. These embody whether or not the design, improvement, realisation, integration, testing and launch of PSLV, LVM3, SSLV and successor autos will proceed as ISRO features or will stop.
Additionally, it requested in regards to the implications of the proposed shift for sanctioned power, current vacancies, recruitment calendar, and induction of scientific/technical/administrative/industrial manpower in all ISRO centres.
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