Nepali space innovator Jagriti Luitel to speak at International Astronautical Congress

Nepali space innovator Jagriti Luitel will represent the country on the “Emerging Space Nations” panel at the International Astronautical Congress 2026 in Antalya, Turkey. She is the first Nepali selected as a speaker for this global conference.

During the event, Luitel will present research from her work with the MIT spin-off Aurelia Institute. Her presentation focuses on space architecture for disaster resilience, using the 2015 Nepal earthquake as a case study.