Team
The people at the test stand
Thirty-one people, most in Peenya. Here are the ones you're most likely to meet.
Founder · Propulsion
Meghna Raghavan
Co-founder and CEO
Runs the company and still reads every test report.
Before: Eight years testing satellite thrusters, in India and France.
Founder · Propellant
Arjun Kulkarni
Co-founder and CTO
Owns the propellant and the catalyst.
Before: A PhD in energetic materials; ten years in a national lab.
Test
Farida Shaikh
Head of test
Runs the stand and the vacuum chamber; signs off every firing.
Before: Built rocket-engine test stands for a university.
Manufacturing
Sanjay Gowda
Manufacturing lead
Makes the valve bodies and nozzles, to a few microns.
Before: Twenty-five years as a machinist in Peenya.
Quality
Lakshmi Iyer
Quality and documentation
Keeps every part traceable, from bar stock to test.
Before: Quality engineer for aircraft parts.
Electronics
Tenzin Norbu
Electronics engineer
Builds the valve driver and heater controller.
Before: Designed motor drives for electric scooters.
Business
Anjali Menon
Programmes and partnerships
First person a mission team talks to.
Before: Mission manager at a small-satellite maker.
Software
Rohan D'Souza
Test data engineer
Turns every firing into the curves on this site.
Before: Wrote telemetry software for race cars.
Portraits are illustrations, generated for this template. The people are invented.
Advisors
Advisors
- Dr. K. Venkatesh (sample)Retired spacecraft propulsion engineer; advises on qualification.
- Nandita Rao (sample)Export-control and space-law practitioner; advises on SCOMET and IN-SPACe.
- Prof. S. Bhattacharya (sample)Combustion researcher; advises on the catalyst.