Sanjay Srikanth Nekkanti

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Co-founder, Dhruva Space

Dhruva Space

Hyderabad, India

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Hi everyone, I am Sanjay Nekkanti, CEO & Co-Founder of Dhruva Space. I'm looking forward to a meaningful event.

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Dhruva Space

Dhruva Space

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Hyderabad, India

Dhruva Space is a full-stack Space Engineering solutions company based in Hyderabad, India, offering Satellite/s coupled with Earth Station/s and Launch Service/s as an integrated solution or individually as technology solutions to power Space-based applications for Defence and Civilian use. Having built a strong Space Heritage, Dhruva Space has launched 8 payloads across 4 launches with another 18 commercial satellite deliveries over 30 months, including Hosted Payload Missions series (LEAP-1), the first-of-its-kind to be launched in 2025 with global customers. Dhruva Space has its own series of satellite platforms ranging from 0.5U up to 300 kg class, CubeSat and Ring Deployers for Small Satellites, Space Grade Solar Arrays, Ground Station capabilities in the VHF to Ka Band and an integrated software suite for spacecraft operations, mission management.
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About me

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 full-stack Space engineering solutions for the world. Over the span of his career, Nekkanti has played a pivotal role in numerous satellite missions across Asia and Europe, including Dhruva Space's landmark Thybolt Mission, the company’s inaugural satellite endeavor.

Nekkanti is also the Co-Chair of the FICCI Committee on Space & Geospatial Applications, contributing to Policy Advocacy and strategic Industry Development in India's Space and Geospatial sectors.

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.

Under Nekkanti's guidance, Dhruva Space has been recognised twice by the Government of India: the National Startup Award 2020 and the Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya Telecom Skill Excellence Award 2022. Nekkanti has also been featured in Fortune India’s 40 Under 40 in 2022, Forbes India DGEMS 200 in 2023, and as Startup Story’s Founder of the Year 2024.

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Interests

  • geospatial analytics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Space
  • satellites
  • Ground Stations
  • Satellite imagery