India’s rocket dreams ready for a lift-off
Chennai’s SRM University was among the earliest to take up this offer. Nekkanti, who was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering, was drafted into the university team building the satellite, thanks to his unusual hobby, ham radio (amateur radio, involving two-way communication). After many challenges, the SRMSat, designed to address pollution by monitoring carbon dioxide and water vapour in the atmosphere, was ready in 2010. It was put into orbit by Isro’s PSLV-C18…