A boy from a small Karnataka village who once depended on encyclopaedias to learn about space has now built a company whose satellites are watching Earth from orbit. Awais Ahmed, the co-founder of space technology startup Pixxel, has turned his childhood curiosity into a global space venture that is helping monitor crop health, pollution, methane leaks and environmental changes.
The journey of Awais Ahmed shows how a simple interest in science, even without access to modern technology, can lead to groundbreaking ideas. Years before smartphones, fast internet and artificial intelligence tools became common, books became his source of knowledge and inspiration.
