SKYTECH INDIA 2026 Drives Space & Drone Innovation Through Expert Mentorship
On 7 August 2026, as part of SKYTECH INDIA 2026 – Space Economy & Drone Innovation Summit, organised by KCCI in collaboration with i-Hub Gujarat, three mentorship panels were conducted at i-Hub Gujarat, with participation from startups and experts from the ISRO and defence sectors.
The panels facilitated focused interactions between 30 startups and 35 domain experts, providing startups with sector-specific guidance and perspectives on opportunities across the space, aerospace and drone innovation ecosystem.
Mr. D R M Samudraiah (DRDO)
Mr. D Subrahmanyam (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Senthil Kumar M (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Dilip Patel (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Arup Roy Chowdhury (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Jaimin Desai (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Ranjana Gangradey (IPR)
Ms. Shilpa Pandya (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Darshan K Patel (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Manish Mehta (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Chirag Dewan (ISRO)
Ms. Shilpi Soni (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Neeraj Mathur (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Shashikant Sharma (INPACe)
Mr. Sudhir Agarwal (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Kashyap Mankad (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Atul Kumar Varma (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Rahul Khandekar (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Pratik S. Patel (NFSU)
Mr. Ulkesh B Desai (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Samiran Mukherjee (IPR)
Prof. Dr. Vipul Tanna (IPR)
Mr. Naimesh Patel (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Swati Bisht (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Madhukant Patel (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Madhavi Thakre (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Nishant Kumar (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Bhagirath Mankad (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Vimalbhai Manubhai Shah (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Vimalkumar Bhandari (SAC, ISRO)
Dr. Anand D Mehta (PRL)
Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Vivek Kumar Singh (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Sammir Sakhare (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Pradeep Soni (SAC, ISRO)
Mr. Utkarsh Tyagi (SAC, ISRO)
