At 10, while most children were getting used to school timetables, homework and classroom lessons, Govind Krishnan M was following a very different routine. His day began at 5 am at a gurukula in Thrissur, where he spent years learning the Vedas through chanting, listening and memorisation.
Years later, that same student would take a very different academic route. He cleared JEE Main and JEE Advanced, studied Electronics and Communication at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in Thiruvananthapuram and was selected to join the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO’s lead centre at Thumba.
