India is a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, whose latest session met at Bangkok

Background

India's space agency has been busy with launches, and it is also a standing member of the main space forum of this region. The Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum held its thirty-second session at Bangkok in Thailand, and ISRO is a founding member of the forum. The session was put together by Thailand's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency along with Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Its theme was Bridging the Asia-Pacific: Advancing a Trusted and Inclusive Space Future. The Indian delegation was led by Dr Ch. V. N. Rao, Director of the Space Applications Centre at Ahmedabad. India took part in the forum's working groups on satellite applications for societal benefit, space education for all, space frontier and space sustainability, and held bilateral meetings with Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Kazakhstan and the European Space Agency. The next session is to meet at Fukuoka in Japan.