Popular Post JANASENA Posted July 19, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Mangalyaan was India's maiden mission to Mars. Launched on 5th November 2013, it made India the 4th country to place a satellite into the orbit of the Red Planet. It also made ISRO the first space organisation to achieve the feat in its first attempt. Mangalyaan had a force of around of 500 working on making the mission a success, but some of the major contributions were made by women, who constituted about 27% of the the key executive positions in the mission to Mars. Here are some stories of women whose contributions were crucial to the success of the Mangalyaan mission. 1. Ritu Karidhal, Deputy Operations Director for Mangalyaan. Source: Femina Often hailed as the 'Rocket Woman of India', Ritu Karidhal is currently working on ISRO's second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2. Ritu has a self-proclaimed interest in space. She has mentioned in an interview with BBC that as a child, she was an avid sky-watcher. As a student, Karidhal used to keep herself updated with all of the developments of the Indian Space Agency. She applied for a job at ISRO right after her post-graduation, and got hired. She has been working with ISRO since 1997, and has worked on many missions. 2. Nandini Harinath Project Manager, Mission Designer & Deputy Operations Director for Mangalyaan. Source: CN Traveller Nandini's first brush with science was through Star Trek. The job at ISRO was the first job she had applied for and she still calls the Space Agency her home over 20 years later. She has worked on 14 missions in her time at the Agency. She was the Mission Designer and Deputy Operations Director for Mangalyaan. 3. Anuradha TK Source: Wikipedia Currently, Anuradha is the Project Director at ISRO for their communication satellites. She is an incredibly decorated scientist. She joined ISRO in 1982, and went on to become the first female satellite project director at the space agency. In 2003, she won a 'Space Gold Medal' awarded by the Aeronautical Society of India, for her services in the field of space sciences. In 2011, she won the ‘Suman Sharma’ award by the National Design and Research Forum of IEI. In 2012, she won two more awards – the ASI-ISRO Merit Award for realisation of Indigenous Communication Spacecraft and the ISRO team award for being the team lead for GSAT-12. 4. Moumita Dutta, Project Manager for Mangalyaan Source: TEDx Moumita Dutta is a physicist at the Space Applications Centre, and an expert in developing and testing the Optical and IR sensors/instruments/payloads for space missions. She was the person behind one of Mangalyaan's payloads. Dutta was the Project Manager for the Methane Sensor for Mars. She also developed the complete optical system of the sensor. 5. Minal Rohit, Project Manager and System Engineer for Mangalyaan Source: CN Traveller Minal, a gold medallist in Electronics and Communications Engineering from NITS, Ahmedabad, started her career at ISRO as a Satellite Communications Engineer. She was the Project Manager and a Systems Engineer for Mangalyaan and was involved in incorporating the components of the payloads. She currently serves as a Deputy Project Manager at the Space Agency. 6. Dr Seetha Somasundaram, Program Director at ISRO’s Space Science Programme Source: The Wire Dr Seetha joined ISRO in the 1980s, and has contributed significantly to the development of the instruments for various space-based astronomical experiments. She and her team was responsible for making sure all the payloads work properly. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRI Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Kudos to all these women! All the best ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmopolitan Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Kudos to scientist and engineers.. aaa drdo ki training isthe bagundu.. veelu.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post samaja_varagamana Posted July 19, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 ISRO lo valu Mana db ki matram @Amrita @MagaMaharaju @Amy99 @Heroin Rocket veliginchedi matram @vendetta ne 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Biskot2 Posted July 19, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:46 PM, samaja_varagamana said: ISRO lo valu Mana db ki matram @Amrita @MagaMaharaju @Amy99 @Heroin Rocket veliginchedi matram @vendetta ne Expand 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram51 Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:29 PM, cosmopolitan said: Kudos to scientist and engineers.. aaa drdo ki training isthe bagundu.. veelu.. Expand kudos to their husbands also for taking care of the house while wives are busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajugadu Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:46 PM, samaja_varagamana said: ISRO lo valu Mana db ki matram @Amrita @MagaMaharaju @Amy99 @Heroin Rocket veliginchedi matram @vendetta ne Expand Nee pulihora kalapadam ni 10go.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajugadu Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:58 PM, Ram51 said: kudos to their husbands also for taking care of the house while wives are busy Expand True and their families too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samaja_varagamana Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:55 PM, Biskot2 said: Expand On 7/19/2019 at 3:10 PM, Rajugadu said: Nee pulihora kalapadam ni 10go.... Expand swacha maina manasu tho oka achamaina manchi mata chepthe kuda thappu aypoindi bhayya ee paadu samajam lo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajugadu Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 3:14 PM, samaja_varagamana said: swacha maina manasu tho oka achamaina manchi mata chepthe kuda thappu aypoindi bhayya ee paadu samajam lo Expand Swacha mina na thucha mina na Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uyghur12 Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 i know Dr Seetha Somasundaram, mother of friend of mine...... masth chill untunde... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scada Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 2:46 PM, samaja_varagamana said: ISRO lo valu Mana db ki matram @Amrita @MagaMaharaju @Amy99 @Heroin Rocket veliginchedi matram @vendetta ne Expand Adding to that @riashli @Rushabhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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