Take high risks, build cos while in school, degrees don’t matter, says Skyroot CEO Pawan Chandana

In the past three weeks since Skyroot Aerospace scripted global space history after sending its Vikram-1 into orbit in its maiden mission, its CEO & co-founder Pawan Kumar Chandana’s is the newest and brightest star on the global space firmament. As India marches towards its 80th Independence Day, TOI invited Pawan to its newsroom to be Guest Editor for the day. Besides answering questions from Team TOI, Pawan also fielded queries from Gen Z schoolchildren specially invited for the interaction. Here are some excerpts