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The trust areas of the proposed policy are:1. ISRO will realize higher levels of aggregates in system/stage level supply fromindustry2. ISRO will encourage industry to invest in the future production facilities3. The production level of supply quantities will be committed to industry by ISROon a long term basis4. ISRO will evolve suitable guidelines for the deputation of ISRO experts to work inindustry5. ISRO will develop adequate provision to safeguard its own intellectual propertyrights, as well as the IPR of joint developments6. ISRO will consider incentives to encourage commercial development of spacesystem and support services, including, to a certain extent, financial support in theform of Venture Capital.1.4. Human Resource Development PolicyISRO is following the Personnel Policy for the development of human resources. Keyfeatures of the Policy include, flexibility in the career growth prospects; rewards and incentivesfor the talented employees; and opportunities for the experts to interact with their counterpartselsewhere in the country, and also with the experts from other space agencies.1.5. Commercialization PolicyThe Antrix Corporation is the marketing wing of the Department of Space. TheCorporation makes commercially available the data collected from its remote sensing satellites.Its tie up with Space Imaging, USA, is a growing business. The company also supplies variousIRS specific hardware and software items. It has successfully executed several export ordersreceived from major spacecraft/satellite manufacturers for spacecraft/satellite systems, assembliesand components.The corporation also intends to use commercially the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) for launch services. For instance, PSLV was used to launch the Korean satellite KITSAT-3 and a German satellite. In view of this commercial use of its space products and services, thecountry is earning a good amount of valuable foreign exchange. The present policy also aims atplaying an active market role globally.1.6. International CooperationIndia’s policy on international cooperation is based on its view that by its very nature,space activities have global reach with implications for coordination, cooperation andresponsibility. Demonstrating its desire for international cooperation, India has entered intoMemoranda of Understanding (MoU) or Agreements with several countries, namely, Australia,Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, EUMETSAT-1, European Space Agency (ESA),France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru,Russia, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, U.K., Ukraine and USA. ISRO has also entered into agreementswith organizations, namely the Brazilian Space Agency, the National Institute for Aeronauticsand Space of Indonesia, the Israel Space Agency, the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration of the USA.