Founder & Consultant at Big On Good Solutions
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Member, Board of Directors at The Planetary Society
- International Year of Astronomy Co-Liason at Space Generation Advisory Council
- Founder & Consultant at Big On Good Solutions
- Past
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- Consultant/ Client Development Officer at The LEGO Group
- Regional Coordinator - Asia Pacific at Space Generation Advisory Council
- Teaching Associate at International Space University
- Point of Contact, India -SGAC at Space Generation Advisory Council in support of UN Program on Space Applications
- Program and Prize Development at X Prize Foundation
- PR and Media Relations Officer at Space Generation Congress 2006
- Experimental Engineer for the Adour Mk 951 Jet Engine at Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Plc Ltd
- Future Projects UAV designer / fleet engineer at Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Plc Ltd
- Composite research /structural engineer at AIRBUS UK Ltd
- Education
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- International Space University
- The University of British Columbia
- University of Bath
- Shaishav High School
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Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Summary
Bijal Thakore provides advanced engineering consulting and business development services at Big On Good Solutions, working towards solutions to challenges that move us towards good futures with specialities in process and product design, business strategy, quantitative analysis and operations. Bijal brings multidisciplinary skills from aeronautical and space industry sectors, international policy, youth engagement.
Until recently, Bijal was the Client Development Officer at LEGO Systems A/S for LEGO Play for Business. Prior to LEGO, she worked at the Composite Research Lab at AIRBUS, and at Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Ltd., working with the Future Projects Office and supported flight testing of next generation of Adour Mk951 Jet Engines. In addition, she worked at the US-based X PRIZE Foundation to develop various prize concepts for social entrepreneurship solutions to poverty and at the International Space University as a Teaching Associate, where she taught and researched next generation lunar robotics and infrastructure.
Bee was born in India, but has worked and lived in the UK, Canada, France, China and US. Bee has a Masters of Engineering in Aerospace (with Honours) from University of Bath and Masters of Space Management from the International Space University. She was elected as the Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific for the Space Generation Advisory Council, for which she has been a vocal advocate for a number of years. Bee has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Planetary Society, and is a member of the International Astronautical Federation's advisory committee on Space and Society. She contributes to the work of UN Committee of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space regularly, and has recently been awarded the prestigious 2009 Women Engineering Society’s Young Engineer Award from the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Bee speaks six languages fluently and is currently improving her French and Chinese; and enjoys traveling and flying.
Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Specialties:
* Space Exploration, In-Situ Resource Utilization, Space engineering, satellite applications, analogue mission sciences, Moon and Mars architecture,
* Branding, Sponsorship, International relations, strategy building for Non-profits
* Youth and Sub-culture
* Space Education and outreach, Indian space activities, UK space policy
Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Experience
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Member, Board of Directors
The Planetary Society
(Defense & Space industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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International Year of Astronomy Co-Liason
Space Generation Advisory Council
(Non-Profit; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Founder & Consultant
Big On Good Solutions
(Defense & Space industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Consultant/ Client Development Officer
The LEGO Group
(Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)
August 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 2 months)
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Regional Coordinator - Asia Pacific
Space Generation Advisory Council
(Non-Profit; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
March 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 1 month)
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Teaching Associate
International Space University
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — July 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Develop and coordinate teaching duties for the Masters of Space Sciences and Masters of Space Management Courses at the International Space University in Strasbourg.
- Help co-ordinate planning for special projects and conferences, teach workshops and lectures for the Space Sciences and Management courses.
- Persue on-going research
- Manage special projects such as establishment of new laboratory and hands-on experimental suite, organizing short courses such as the Space Odyssey Institute 2007,2008 and the Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit amongst others
The International Space University develops the future leaders of the world space community by providing interdisciplinary educational programs to students and space professionals in an international, intercultural environment. ISU also serves as a neutral international forum for the exchange of knowledge and ideas on challenging issues related to space and space applications. -
Point of Contact, India -SGAC
Space Generation Advisory Council in support of UN Program on Space Applications
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Defense & Space industry)
January 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 11 months)
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Program and Prize Development
X Prize Foundation
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2006 — September 2006 (5 months)
The mission of the X Prize Foundation is to creat radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Recently, the Foundation captured the world's attention and gave birth to a new industry by creating the first private race to space through the $10 million "ANSARI X-PRIZE".
We are now applying the same prize model to other areas including: transportation, energy production, medicine, education, genomics, and other areas of discovery. I am working on devicing new prize concepts. -
PR and Media Relations Officer
Space Generation Congress 2006
(Think Tanks industry)
March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)
The Space Generation Congress is an international, intercultural delegation of over 200 young professionals and students engage in real projects to define the future direction of the world space arena and to produce a joint youth space resolution. The 2006 congress was held in Valencia, Spain in conjunction with the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).
The event is organized by the Space Generation Advisory Council
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Experimental Engineer for the Adour Mk 951 Jet Engine
Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Plc Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)
- Worked on development and production hardwear and software readiness, airworthiness and qualification issues for Flight Test and Production engines
- Assisted in managing large Production Design Reviews (PDRs), external customer relations and flight test operations. -
Future Projects UAV designer / fleet engineer
Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace Plc Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
February 2003 — September 2003 (8 months)
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Composite research /structural engineer
AIRBUS UK Ltd
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
June 2002 — September 2002 (4 months)
Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Education
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International Space University
Masters in Space Management , Business Management for Space Industry , 2005 — 2006
Team Project: FERTILE Moon - A Toolkit for studying the Feasibility of Extraction of Resources and Toolkit for In-situ lunar exploration
- Activities and Societies:
- Strasbourg Yuri's Night Organizer
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The University of British Columbia
ISU SSP 2005 , Summer Session Program (Space Studies Program) 2005 , 2005 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Space Business and Management Department, Team Project: REVolution: Robotic Exploration of Venus for planetary evolution.
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University of Bath
MEng (Hons) , Aerospace Engineering , 2000 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Student Representative for Faculty Staff-Student Liaison Committee and Academic Council, the Bath University Senate and Bath City Council;
Executive officer for Student Development Representative for Training, Development and Opportunities Executive Committee.
I was chairperson of several Student Union Societies including the Bath Asian Students Society (>500 student and professional members) and Head of management skills training for UK National Learning Skills (NUS-NSLP) Program.
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Shaishav High School
Additional Information
Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Groups:
International Space University, Space Generation Advisory Council, X PRIZE Foundation
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Medical Device Networkers -
Global "Space Moves" Networking Group -
International Space University Alumni -
Mobilists (Innovators in mobile industry - 3900+ members) -
Defence, Aerospace and Space Specialist -
FP7 Consortium - Project - Partner - Business Idea -
Space 2.0 -
Social Innovation Factory -
UK Space Forum
Bijal (Bee) Thakore’s Honors:
- Recipient of the 1997 Indian National Scholarship for High Achievement
- Bath University Residential Scholarship 2000-01
- International Space University Scholarship for Summer Session 2005 and Masters in Space Management Program for 2005-06.
