A former employee of ISRO gave competition to Elon Musk!?

Sekar Chandra
Elon Musk runs multi-billion dollar businesses through electric car brand tesla and rocket company SpaceX. Recognized as a successful entrepreneur. pawan kumar Chandana, an IIT alumnus and former isro employee, is all set to tackle this business. Elon Musk is the world's biggest businessman. Apart from this, he is a renowned engineer and industrial expert. Founder, Executive Chairman of the private spacecraft Space-X. Chief executive officer and investor of famous car company Tesla. But this IITian has decided to take on Elon Musk in the industry. Elon Musk runs multi-billion dollar businesses through electric car brand tesla and rocket company SpaceX. Recognized as a successful entrepreneur. Similarly, IIT alumnus and former isro employee pawan kumar is gearing up to take on tesla by running a sandal business.



IIT friend and former isro colleague naga co-founded India's first private space company Skyroot Aerospace with Bharat Dhaka. The company built India's first private rocket Vikram-S. Launchpad is used for launch purposes such as range communications and tracking support. It is said that it may even surpass Elon Musk's venture in the future. The Vikram-S rocket was launched from Sriharikota on november 18, 2022 carrying three small satellites. All the systems in the Vikram-S rocket are indigenously designed except for some imported sensors. pawan kumar and naga Bharat developed Vikram-1 and Vikram-2 rockets. The rockets are named 'Vikram' in honor of Dr vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme.

Pawan Kumar Chandan founded a private space company based in hyderabad after working as an isro scientist for 6 years.


Skyroot has raised 95 million to date. 1,304 crore by 2022. (about 165 million) was worth. Skyroot has emerged as a leading player in the indian private space sector, with a market value estimated at 100 billion by 2040.

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