Dr. Bidushi Bhattacharya is Founder and CEO of Astropreneurs HUB, a firm focused on growth of the commercial space industry (“NewSpace”). After two decades with NASA on projects including the Hubble Space Telescope and Galileo probe to Jupiter, Bidushi realized that the key to achieving humanity’s full potential in outer space is global participation.  Through Astropreneurs HUB her team provides mentoring to NewSpace startups, access to the International Space Station to conduct research, and a popular, unique hands-on satellite workshops for the citizens of Planet Earth.

Bidushi serves on the Global Entrepreneurship Network Space Advisory Board, chairs the Tech Singapore Advocates Space Working Group, and advises startups such as NewSpace HUB and TinyMOS.  Over the course of her career Bidushi has inspired audiences, experts and non-experts alike, to consider their roles in the democratization in outer space. Bidushi is a TEDx speaker, and has been featured in Forbes, Channel News Asia, and other media platforms. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in space physics from UCLA as well as dual degrees from Rutgers University a B.S. in mechanical engineering and B.A. in physics.