Some dreams seem impossible when viewed through the lens of circumstance.

After all, how does a boy from a small farming family, who walked nearly six kilometres to school every day and once dropped out of college, find his way into the world of rockets and space technology?

For Anand Megalingam, the answer lay in something more powerful than resources or privilege: the determination to keep moving forward, even when the path ahead seemed uncertain.

Today, Anand is the founder of Space Zone India, a startup working on reusable rocket technology. But long before he was building spacecraft, he was simply a young student trying to create opportunities where few existed.

Choosing........

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