India, July 21 -- Days after Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 became the first privately developed Indian rocket to successfully reach orbit, the company's co-founder and CEO, Pawan Kumar Chandana, shared an emotional note dedicated to his father.

In a post on X, Chandana reflected on his academic struggles as a child and credited his father for believing in him long before he believed in himself. "As everything slowly begins to sink-in, and after finally getting some sleep last night, I wanted to share a small personal note," he wrote.

"The first call I made after Vikram-1 successfully reached orbit was to my Dad. He is the man who made my journey possible-with dreams for me far bigger than the ones I had for myself, and by simply never gi...