India, July 6 -- Pawan Kumar Chandana, Co-Founder and CEO of Skyroot Aerospace, has been recognised with the Voice&Data Telecom Leadership Pathbreaker Award 2025 in recognition of his contribution to building India's private space launch ecosystem and strengthening the country's role in the connected space economy.

The award acknowledges Chandana's leadership in advancing commercial launch capabilities at a time when satellite communications, broadband connectivity and Internet of Things (IoT) networks are becoming increasingly important components of India's digital infrastructure.

For decades, access to space was largely limited to national space agencies and a handful of international launch providers. However, as satellite networks ...