The Joint Action Council of nine ISRO employee associations wrote to chairman V Narayanan on October 7. They seek clarity on privatisation and the agency’s future. The letter said a recent video-conference failed to address fundamental doubts. Employees worry that stopping launch vehicle manufacturing will hurt the workforce and future recruitment.
The Joint Action Council of the nine employee associations of the Department of Space and Indian Space Research Organisation centres have again written to chairman V Narayanan seeking an early meeting to discuss the agency's future role, technology transfer, privatisation of manufacturing and operations, staffing, recruitment and employee safeguards.
The October 7 letter said a recent video-conference with employees failed to address their "fundamental doubts and concerns".
The associations also raised concerns over cadre stagnation, recruitment delays, attrition, concentration of functional posts, vigilance clearance and weakening of Joint Consultative Mechanisms. They said public statements suggesting Isro may eventually stop manufacturing launch vehicles had caused anxiety among employees and aspiring recruits, without corresponding official clarification on policy, its legal basis or impact on the workforce.