Skyroot
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154 people in our graph share verified history with the Skyroot team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Mylswamy Annaduraiunlockedknows Pawan Kumar Chandana · together at ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization (overlapped)
×3knows the team · via Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
×4knows the team · via Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
×3knows the team · via Xilinx
knows the team · via ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization
Skyroot builds small-satellite launch vehicles, including the Vikram series of rockets that deliver satellites to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits via dedicated and rideshare launches. Based in India, it launched Vikram-S, the country's first privately developed rocket, in 2022.
Founders & leadership
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Pawan Kumar ChandanainCo-Founder& CEOPawan Kumar Chandana is the founder of Skyroot, an India-based company developing small-satellite launch vehicles including the Vikram series of rockets. He has engineering expertise in rocket design and development.
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Naga Bharath DakainCo-FounderHe graduated from IIT Madras and previously worked as a flight computer engineer at ISRO's rocket center, where he designed avionics modules for Indian launch vehicles, with additional experience in semiconductor and FPGA engineering.
Investors · 9
In the news
Pixxel raises $100 mn to expand satellite fleet, build planetary intelligence biz | India Business News - The Times of Indiatimesofindia.indiatimes.com · Sep 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Skyroot do?
- Skyroot builds small-satellite launch vehicles, including the Vikram series of rockets that deliver satellites to low Earth and sun-synchronous orbits via dedicated and rideshare launches. Based in India, it launched Vikram-S, the country's first privately developed rocket, in 2022.
- Who founded Skyroot?
- Skyroot was founded by Pawan Kumar Chandana, Naga Bharath Daka.
- Who are Skyroot's investors?
- Skyroot's investors include Arkam Ventures, Capria Ventures, Graph Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, T-Hub, WorldQuant Ventures, BlackRock, GIC and 1 more.