India's Space Rise, Narendra Modi's Vision & Elon Musk: CTO Ashtesh Kumar | Manastu Space Podcast #2

Welcome to the second episode of the 'Manastu Space Podcast' - India’s pioneering in-house space-tech podcast, where we dive deep into the world of space exploration, deep-tech innovation, and the inspiring journeys of space veterans, celebrated minds, industry speakers and leaders.In this episode, Raj Shrivastava, Head of Marketing & PR at Manastu Space, sits down with Ashtesh Kumar, Co-Founder & CTO of Manastu Space.✅Science of Bhagavad-Gita✅Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Srila Prabhupada✅Ethics and challenges of running a business✅Green Fuel and Manastu's success trajectory✅Serving Indian Defence (DRDO) and ISRO✅Future of Indian Space✅Modi's vision for Indian Space and Nuclear 🎧 Whether you’re an aspiring space scientist, an entrepreneur, or just someone fascinated by the cosmos, this treat of a conversation is made, just for you!00:00 – Welcome to Manastu Space Podcast #2 3:00 – ISRO's rejection taught us this 5:03 – Toxic Satellite Fuel, Hydrazine 6:00 – Green propulsion system for Satellites 7:00 – Received Rs 12,000/- stipend from IIT-B 8:00 – Lesson from Bhagavad-Gita 8:50 – “Great products are not great solutions always” 9:45 – Knowledge brings Power 10:00 – "I was feeling that 24 hours are not enough in a day” 11:00 – “Running a business is like running a Kingdom” 11:45 – Faced minimum 200-300 rejections before our first round 13:10 – My first encounter with Bhagavad-Gita 14:00 – “You are the soul; you are not the body” 15:00 – Steve Jobs’ last words on his death bed 16:00 – Mind and Senses struggle in material world 17:00 – Living a monk’s life to satisfy the soul and conscience 18:00 – Biggest 3 learnings as an entrepreneur 19:00 – Enthusiasm, Determination and Patience 20:00 – It's not about the engines we make, but the service 21:00 – Manastu Space’s first grant of Rs 25,00,000/- 22:00 – Indian Innovation Growth Programme 23:00 – Motivational Scene from ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ 24:00 – Lockheed Martin realized the importance of Green Fuel 25:00 – Our families felt a sense of relief and confidence in us 25:35 – Launch of VYOM 2U X ISRO’s PSLV C-60 26:00 – Serving Indian Defence (DRDO) directly was a proud moment 27:20 – We sent our first proposal to ISRO 28:20 – Within just 6-7 months, we executed the project from scratch 29:20 – We indigenized our product and made it cost efficient 30:00 – MSMEs are the strength of Indian economy! 31:00 – “I am living my end goal in Manastu Space” 31:50 – When I-Booster was presented to Mr. Rajnath Singh and DRDO 32:50 – Future of Indian Space and private players 33:45 – Building Indian Space Products for the world 34:35 – President Donald Trump and Elon Musk 35:00 – PM Narendra Modi’s vision for Indian Space 35:50 – Raj’s invite to Modi Ji on MSP for ‘Mann ki Baat’ 36:26 – APJ Abdul Kalam, Srila Prabhupada and Elon Musk 37:26 – Solving problems from first principles 38:10 – Sunita Williams return to earth with SpaceX Dragon Crew 39:30 – Space Docking and bringing down Astronauts 40:00 – Elon is something that happened to the world🌍 Follow Manastu Space🔹 Website: https://www.manastuspace.com/🔹 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manastu-space/🔹 Twitter/X: https://x.com/ManastuSpace🔹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manastuspace/🔹 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl5514jRJH8sHItxbC6flYg📲Follow Ashtesh Kumar🔗LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtesh-kumar-2b486270?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app🚀 The Manastu Space Podcast is India’s first in-house podcast by a space organization, bringing you deep-dive conversations with space-tech leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and thinkers shaping the future of space and deep tech.🛰 Be a part of Manastu's community, where propulsioning the greener way, we make space-talks cool, and indeed build the knowledge access to 'space for all mankind!'For Enquiries: [email protected]