‘Role Model For Nations’: PM Modi Says Gen Z Is Driving India’s Space & Tech Innovation

PM Modi addressing the inauguration the Indian space start-up Skyroot’s Infinity Campus in Hyderabad via video conference (Credits: IANS)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed India’s Gen Z for its contribution in different sectors, including engineering, designing, and the space sector, and referred to them as ‘role model for nations’.

“India’s Gen-Z engineers, designers, coders and scientists are driving breakthroughs in propulsion, composites, rocket stages and satellite tech. He said Gen-Z worldwide can look to India’s Gen-Z as role models in the growing private space sector,” said PM Modi.

“India’s youth puts the nation’s interests first. 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 space future,” added the prime minister while addressing the inauguration of the Indian space start-up Skyroot’s Infinity Campus in Hyderabad via video conference.

The Prime Minister on Thursday inaugurated Skyroot’s first orbital rocket, Vikram-I, capable of launching satellites into orbit. The Vikram series is named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai, founder of the Indian Space Program.