Asif Mohammed is a research scholar pursuing doctoral studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of Kerala. His research specializes in the international political economy of the global space industry value chain. He has worked as a Research Assistant on projects involving Indo-Brazil space cooperation and the space innovation systems of Trivandrum and São José dos Campos, conducted as a feasibility study by the Centre for Latin American Studies. His research interests include space diplomacy, international political economy, science diplomacy, and innovation studies.