Anirudh Rastogi

The Government of India has taken the second step on Tuesday in its revolutionary policies that could make the commercial usage of drones in India a reality, though teething problems have delayed implementation of the first policy so far and larger question marks remain about the best way of regulating a technology that countries the world over are still grappling with.

TRA managing partner Anirudh Rastogi has advised on a so-called satellite launch contract for Team Indus, which is the only Indian team competing for the Google-sponsored Lunar XPRIZE, which has set aside $20m for the first 90% privately-funded company to land a robot on the moon and send video footage of its 500m drive on the lunar surface back to earth.