Vikram1

He helped develop the Vikram-1 pilot system. A farmer’s daughter is now inspiring the next generation of Indian engineers

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From a farmer’s family to Vikram-1: How Prithvi Sanghani (centre) is shaping India’s secret revolution. (Photo: LinkedIn) While millions of people watched Vikram-1 take off, celebrating a landmark moment in India’s private spaceflight, few knew about the engineers working quietly behind the scenes to make it possible.One of them was Prithvi Sanghani. Born in a … Read more

He helped create the program behind Vikram-1, now, this IIT Madras student is following his dream abroad.

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From IIT Madras to Vikram-1: The young engineer behind the ambitious rocket program is now on his way to the Netherlands. (Photo: X Post) Some students learn programming for the sake of programming. Some dream of working in technology. Spatika Prasad chose a different path, which brought her to the heart of India’s growing aerospace … Read more

Pawan Kumar Chandana’s education: IIT Kharagpur alumnus who went from mathematical problems to the launch of Vikram-1 for Skyroot

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Pawan Kumar Chandana Biography: IIT graduate, former ISRO scientist and CEO of Skyroot Aerospace India took a big hit in its space sector, when Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1, the country’s first privately built rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The project, called Mission Aagaman, invested in technology demonstrations from Indian and … Read more