New Delhi, July 24 -- Bharat Bhatia, President of ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) on Thursday applauded the opening up of the Indian space sector and said that it holds immense potential for job creation and new investments.

IAFI held its 2nd India Space Policy Conference here in the national capital.

According to IAFI website, it is working for last 20 years with the prime objective of encouraging involvement of professionals, corporate, public and private sector industries, R&D organizations, academic institutions, and such other agencies engaged in development of ICT sector, in the activities of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).

"India has opened up the space to the private ...