Skyroot Aerospace co-founders Pawan Chandana (CEO) and Bharath Dhaka (CTO) — both IIT Kharagpur alumni and former ISRO scientists — became India's leading private space entrepreneurs with the success of Vikram-1. After ISRO's Indian Space Policy 2023 opened up the sector, they built Skyroot from a 2018 Hyderabad startup into the company that achieved India's first private orbital launch. Former ISRO Chairman S. Somanath serves as Skyroot's Honorary Chief Technical Advisor. The Infinity Campus (Hyderabad) — inaugurated by PM Modi in November 2025 — can build one orbital rocket per month.
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Pawan Chandana and Bharath Dhaka — Skyroot's Visionary Co-founders Who Made India's First Private Orbital Launch a Reality
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- Skyroot Aerospace co-founders Pawan Chandana (CEO) and Bharath Dhaka (CTO) — both IIT Kharagpur alumni and former ISRO scientists — became India's leading private space entrepreneurs with the success of Vikram-1
- After ISRO's Indian Space Policy 2023 opened up the sector, they built Skyroot from a 2018 Hyderabad startup into the company that achieved India's first private orbital launch
- Former ISRO Chairman S
- Somanath serves as Skyroot's Honorary Chief Technical Advisor
- The Infinity Campus (Hyderabad) — inaugurated by PM Modi in November 2025 — can build one orbital rocket per month
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• Pawan Chandana (CEO) + Bharath Dhaka (CTO): Skyroot Aerospace co-founders; IIT Kharagpur alumni; former ISRO • Skyroot founded: 2018, Hyderabad; Vikram-S (sub-orbital, Nov 2022) → Vikram-1 (orbital, July 2026) • S. Somanath (former ISRO Chairman): Skyroot Honorary Chief Technical Advisor • Infinity Campus (Hyderabad): PM Modi inaugurated Nov 2025; capacity: 1 orbital rocket/month
