Srinath Ravichandran is the Co-founder and CEO of Agnikul Cosmos, a Chennai-based space-tech startup incubated at IIT Madras that is building affordable, on-demand launch services for small satellites. Trained as an electrical and electronics engineer from College of Engineering Guindy, he later completed a Master’s in Financial Engineering from Columbia University and spent several years on Wall Street managing complex risk and derivatives portfolios before returning to his childhood passion for space.​

He went on to pursue aerospace engineering in the US, identifying a growing gap in dedicated access to space for small satellites, which eventually led to the founding of Agnikul in 2017 with his co-founders. Under his leadership, Agnikul is developing Agnibaan, a highly customizable small-lift launch vehicle powered by Agnilet, the world’s first single-piece 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine, and executed India’s first successful launch of a privately built rocket (Agnibaan SOrTeD) from Sriharikota in 2024.