INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Indian-origin British satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini has been appointed by the United Nations secretary general as director of
the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna.The UNOOSA is an office of the UN secretariat that promotes and
facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space
It works to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks for space activities and assists developing countries in using space science and
technology for sustainable socio-economic development.Aarti, who has roots in Punjab and knows five languages, including Punjabi, will
succeed Simonetta Di Pippo of Italy
from French business school HEC Paris, spent over 18 years as the secretary-general of the Global Satellite Operators Association.She has 25
years of experience in the aerospace industry, starting at Daimler-Benz Aerospace/EADS (now Airbus) in Germany
includes service as a member of the World Economic Forum's global future council on space; member of the advisory group of the space
the Satellite industry Association of India; senior space policy advisor to Forum Europe and as expert adviser on space traffic management
for European Union studies 2021-23.Aarti was also one of the chief architects of the Crisis Connectivity Charter established in 2015 for
emergency telecommunications via satellite with the UN World Food Program's emergency telecommunications cluster
She is also an alumnus of the International Space University.
