My mentor helped me focus & work towards a purpose, TeamIndus CEO Rahul Narayan

While several people have guided TeamIndus in its journey, the role of Dr K Kasturirangan stands out. He is a visionary and his vision of what India stands for and of the role of science and technology in evolving our future is what I follow.

As the former chairman of Isro, he embodies the real spirit of space, science and exploration.



As an original Dr Vikram Sarabhai recruit, his vision, his support, his advice has been a guiding light for me.

A piece of advice that has stood the test of time is: “Focus and work towards your bigger purpose, you will only stop if and when you give up.”

When TeamIndus was a fledgling group of people struggling to put together a moon mission, his words set us up for the long journey ahead – “There is space in Space for you. The only question is can you pull together all that it will take to make it happen.”

(As told to J Vignesh)