If papa had been alive today, he would have gone around the ISRO complex thumping everyone on the back. And then he would have asked: What are we doing now? What’s the plan for the next 50 years? That’s how scientists are...

I miss my father every day; I haven’t got closure yet. He died when I was only 17 [years old]. My brother spent more time with him, and had more adult conversations. But I would ask him questions like, “Why was he setting up IIM Ahmedabad?” or “Why was it important to go into space?” For him, it was all connected to the development of the nation. He would tell me, “We need managers to manage the kind of institutions that can deliver to the poorest. And if I can put satellites in the sky, then I can send teachings to everyone.”