Sanjay Srikanth Nekkanti

Bio

Sanjay Nekkanti is the CEO and founder of Dhruva Space, a full-stack Space-Engineering solutions provider. Under his leadership, Dhruva Space has become a key player in India's rapidly growing Space ecosystem, delivering cutting-edge Space engineering solutions for both Commercial and Government clients. Sanjay’s career spans a diverse range of significant projects, including India’s first student-built nanosatellite project, SRMSAT, launched in 2011, as well as the 2013 Velox-P mission, a collaborative initiative between India and Singapore.

Nekkanti has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University, Chennai. He is also an EGIDE scholar, and has two Master’s degrees; one in Space Technology and the other in Spatial Techniques & Instrumentation from Europe, through the Erasmus Mundus SpaceMaster programme.

Owing to Dhruva Space’s achievements, Sanjay has been featured in Fortune India’s 40 Under 40 in 2022, Forbes India DGEMS 200 for 2023, and as Startup Story’s Founder of the Year 2024, and Dhruva Space has been recognised with two Government of India awards: the National Startup Award by the Government of India for its efforts in Satellite and Space Technology, and the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Skill Excellence Award 2022, instituted by the Ministry of Communications, for Dhruva Space’s work in the field of Satellite Communications.