India, Dec. 1 -- By Kaushal Verma

New Delhi [India] December 1 (ANI): India is sharpening its focus on data sovereignty and semiconductor self-reliance as its space programme accelerates, former ISRO chairman and Space Commission member Kiran Kumar said on Monday.

Speaking with ANI on the sidelines of Geo-Smart India 2025 summit at New Delhi, Kumar highlighted that secure access to space-generated data and locally built chips will shape the country's role in a trillion-dollar global space economy.

"When nobody was making chips in the country, the Department of Space was manufacturing them and using them in its programmes. These are 100% indigenous chips. How can we stay away from anything which is built in the country?" Kumar said, poi...