Democratizing education of Space with Pramitha

In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Pramitha Ramaprakash, CEO of Transcend Satellite Technology 

• Pramitha talks about her passion in aerospace and how that shaped her early experiences while working in Wipro
• She talks about Satellite launching as an extremely cool team sport as there are several field that come together 
• Further she shares what it has taken to launch herself (literally) in the field 
• She talks about her dream to launch 75 Indian student satellites in the next decade
• Shares her experiences of bridging the students learning with the deeper corporate needs in the satellite industry
• She shares about sustainability in the space and how her firm is bringing visibility and transparency towards this goal
• Pramitha believes that today’s students are highly motivated towards this field and only need guidance and support. That way she is extremely grateful towards the kind of interactions that she’s been bestowed 
• She shares how the building blocks approach is the way ahead
• Pramitha shares several decisions that she’s taken and how the positive outlook energizes her day
• She covers the kind of cross functional skills and anyone can join the space industry
• She shares her mantra “Do Not Limit Yourself”

Pramitha Ramaprakash is an industry leader in the field of Satellite education, She’s the CEO of  Transcend Satellite Technology. She’s a co-author of Payload design and System design for CubeSats (1U to 27U) and Microsatellites. She’s also designed Payload Design for EO, Remote sensing, communication and IoT Payloads as well as Designed the Payload Interface Computer using Raspberry Pi for MirrorSat of AAReST Satellite Mission as part of MSc Space Engineering dissertation. 

She had held several hardware engineer roles in Wipro, BAE systems, Concurrent Technologies, Cadac holding, Intel and Dell prior to starting her own firm in the field of Space education

Pramitha can be reached at - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pramitharamaprakash/