‘If I can, anyone can’: From a government school in Tamil Nadu to the moon, Chandrayaan 3 project director’s rise and rise

On February 15, 2017 when the Indian Space Research Organisation  successfully launched a record 103 satellites on board the PSLV C37 rocket, a young scientist was among those called on stage by the then ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar to say a few words about the mission.

“On behalf of the nanosatellite team, I thank all the deputy directors, the program directors, SRC members and PSR members for guiding us to build these two satellites – the first two nano satellites. We have built this in nine months’ time,” he said in his brief address.