Naga Bharath Daka

Naga Bharath Daka is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Skyroot Aerospace, which in 2022 launched Vikram-S, the first privately developed rocket to fly from India. A former scientist at ISRO, he oversees Skyroot's operations, avionics, and guidance, navigation and control teams. He has helped grow the company to more than 300 people across four factories, and in 2026 Skyroot became India's first space-tech unicorn. Bharath holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Microelectronics and VLSI Design from IIT Madras.