Visiting Scholar, Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Science
Suryesh K. Namdeo is a visiting scholar at the Department of Science and Technology, in the Centre for Policy Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India. He is a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) and has previously worked as science and technology consultant with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Geneva.
Space diplomacy is an important subject, but countries in the Global South are often left out conversations in this area despite growing capabilities in space technology. This piece looks at space diplomacy from a Global South perspective.