Sibsankar Palit

About Sibsankar Palit

Sibsankar Palit is the Founder and is currently serving as the Executive Director at the LIFE-To & Beyond Foundation®. It\'s a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable Space non-profit registered Section-8 company based out of West Bengal, India with a global community of young enthusiasts and professionals working on Astrobiology, Space Studies, and its Applications.He studied Chemistry at the University of Calcutta. He plays the role of a Coordinator of SpaceCrew Working Group of InnovaSpace, UK alongside being its active member since its inception in June 2022. He is also on the Board of Directors at ACES Worldwide, US.He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, US currently working on a project related to the Life Detection Knowledge Base (LDKB) an initiative of the NfoLD Research Coordination Network, NASA. Besides entrepreneurship, Palit has started learning about and doing research and has been involved in active space science communication, event management, and outreach activities for the last 2.5 years. He has been a recipient of a full scholarship at the Venus Science and Engineering Summer Program by Mars University, US and the Deep Impact Scholarship by The Swiss School of Disruption, funded by AITI- Associazione Industrie Ticinesi. He also has been a Finalist at the Womanium Astrobiology Program 2023 where his Team received a Special Mention for their Astrobiology Mission Design to Planet Venus named Mission FIVE. His interest ranges from Space Chemistry to Space Entrepreneurship to Space Diplomacy and he wishes to make a career in the ever-growing Space sector.

Experience

1. Founder & Executive Director

   Life-To & Beyond Foundation

   Mar 2024 — Present

Education

• University of Calcutta

  B.Sc. Honours. , Chemistry

• University of Tartu

  Continuing Education Program, European Astrobiology Institute Academy Seminar series (2021-22)

• Dreamland Nursery

  Nursery (Pre-LKG), Play group.

• DAV School, Fulbari Siliguri

  +2 (High School), PCMB (SCIENCE)

• St. Joseph Convent School, Bhaktinagar, Siliguri

  From LKG to Class X

• Mars University

  Venus Science & Engineering (VSE 311), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  National Level School on Basics of Space Radiation, Space Radiation

• Indian Science News Association

  Basic Training Program on Science Communication and Media Practice, Science Communication and Media Practice