Anu Ojha

Anupam Ojha OBE (born 1968) is a British space exploration administrator employed at the UK Space Agency. He is a Director of the National Space Centre, serves on the Science and Technology Facilities Council, as a member of the European Space Agency Human Spaceflight and Exploration Science Advisory Committee (HESAC).

Ojha taught physics, mathematics and sciences at a range of UK all-ability secondary schools culminating in becoming Assistant Headteacher at Great Barr School. In 2003 he was awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status. He was made a National Lead Practitioner for physics by the UK Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in 2010, and continues to teach physics at Loughborough College.

Ojha started working on teacher training programmes for BNSC (the forerunner organisation to the UK Space Agency) and European Space Agency in 2007. In this capacity he leads teacher and student (school and undergraduate level) training programmes. His work helped demonstrate that space related education has a profound impact on student achievement, resulting in better than predicted grades at GCSE and A-level. He has led the National Space Academy since it launched in 2008.[6] He was awarded the 2010 Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Inspiration. Since 2016 he has been the lead for Skills/Education/Human spaceflight and robotic exploration in the UK Government's programmes of strategic collaboration in Space Science and Technology with China

In 2014 Ojha was appointed OBE for services to…