Company · India × Switzerland × Europe

About CELLESTIA SPACE India.

CELLESTIA SPACE India is a Bengaluru-based space and deep-tech company connecting industrial capability, specialised technology and engineering across the India-Switzerland-Europe corridor while developing proprietary hardware for emerging space markets.

Our operating model combines near-term cross-border commercial activity with long-term technology development, including the BioCube family of modular microgravity life-science payload systems.

Areas of activity

Space technologies · Hardware development · Engineering · Technology transfer · Cross-border industrial collaboration · Commercialisation · Microgravity biotechnology · Mission integration · Digital engineering

Leadership

Founding team.

PAULO PINHEIRO
PAULO PINHEIRO
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Switzerland · India

Leading CELLESTIA's global strategy, corporate development and international partnerships across space, biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovation.

JOSHITH KAYAKKAL
JOSHITH KAYAKKAL
Co-Founder & Director
India

Leading CELLESTIA's operations and ecosystem development in India, connecting the company with the country's rapidly evolving space, innovation and industrial landscape.

DR. BERND RATTENBACHER
DR. BERND RATTENBACHER
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Switzerland

Leading CELLESTIA's scientific and technical strategy across space biology, microgravity experiment development and the engineering preparation of future research payload programmes.

DEBRAJ DASGUPTA
DEBRAJ DASGUPTA
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Switzerland

Leading CELLESTIA's business development and commercial interface across pharmaceutical, biotechnology and India-Switzerland innovation ecosystems.

RYLAN COURY
RYLAN COURY
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Switzerland

Coordinating CELLESTIA's operational planning, cross-functional programme execution, technology-development activities and strategic platform relationships, with a focus on building reliable delivery capabilities.