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- Team Calebrate after Mission Successful -
angalyaan, India's maiden mission to Mars launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), was a significant step in furthering the country's space ambitions. It not only made India the fourth country to successfully place a satellite into the orbit of the Red Planet, but also made ISRO the first space organisation to achieve the feat in its first attempt.
The mission had a team of about 500 people working to make it a success, but a major driving force behind the mission were the women.
In fact, about 27 percent of the key executive positions in the mission were held by women.
Of this power-packed bunch, Ritu Karidhal, Nandini Harinath, Anuradha TK, Moumita Dutta and Minal Rohit were some of the women who played a crucial role.
Who Says ‘Mars is for Men’?
According to Vaid’s book, Moumita and Minal built and tested the scientific instruments at ISRO's Space Application Centre (SAC).
Nandini and Ritu, on the other hand, handled mission operations at the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru, in addition to calculating the spacecraft’s trajectory to Mars and designing an autonomous software system to self-correct problems.
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- Chairman ISRO
Koppillil Radhakrishnan (born 29 August 1949) is an Indian space scientist who headed the ISRO between November2009and December 2014 as Chairman of Space Commission Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO. Prior to this, he was the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (2007-2009) and Director of National Remote Sensing Agency (2005-2008) of the Department of Space. He had a brief stint of five years (2000-2005) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences as Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services ...
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- Programme Director
Mylswamy Annadurai, popularly known as Moon Man of India, is an Indian scientist working as vice president for Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology , Chairman, Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum(NDRF. He was born on 2 July 1958, in a village called Kothavadi near Pollachi in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state of India). Prior to taking this assignment he was with ISRO and served as Director, ISRO Satellite Centre , Bangalore. During his 36 years of service in ISRO, he had some of the major contributions, including two of the major missions of ISRO, Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan...
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- Director
Dr Ramakrishnan, former Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at (ISRO), is one of the key architects of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program. He is noted for his decisive role in enhancing the performance of PSLV through systematic upgrading and evolving robust operational protocol to ensure sustained vehicle reliability and mission success. His major work has been in the areas of Propulsion Systems Development, Launch Vehicle Engineering and Project management. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, he received ‘Padma Shri’ in the field of Science & Engineering in 2003...
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- Project Director
P. Kunhikrishnan, a Distinguished Scientist (Apex Scale) of (ISRO) and Member of Space Commission, Govt. of India was Director, URSC from August 2018 to May 2021. He assumed as Director of U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), the lead Centre in the country for design, development and realization of all the satellites of ISRO, on 1st August, 2018. During his tenure, he spearheaded the satellite fraternity in ISRO towards realising various types of satellites to meet the increasing national requirements in the areas like communication, navigation, remote sensing, meteorology and inter-planetary exploration...
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- Project Manager
Moumita Dutta is an Indian Physicist working at the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) - Ahmedabad, as a scientist/engineer. She has expertise in the development and testing of the Optical and IR sensors/instruments/payloads (i.e. cameras and imaging spectrometers). She was part of the team Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to put a probe into orbit around Mars in 2014. She contributed significantly in the development of one of the five payloads of MOM. She read about the Chandrayaan mission as a student and became interested in joining the ISRO in 2004.
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- Deputy Operations Director of Navigation
Nandini Harinath is a rocket scientist at ISRO’s Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.She is a part of the Mars Orbiter Mission , Maangalyaan . Nandini’s first exposure to science was the popular series Star Trek on television. Her mother is a maths teacher and her father is an engineer and as a family, they were all interested in science fiction and Star Trek. ISRO was the first job that Nandini applied to and now it’s been 20 years. She has worked on 14 missions over 20 years at ISRO. She is the Project Manager, Mission Designer and served as deputy operations director on the Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan...
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- Deputy Operations Director of Navigation
Dr. Ritu Karidhal Srivastava is an Indian scientist working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). She was a Deputy Operations Director to India's Mars orbital mission, Mangalyaan. She has been referred to as one of the many "Rocket Women" of India. She was born and brought up in Lucknow and is an aerospace engineer. Karidhal has worked for ISRO since 1997. She played a key role in the development of India's Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, dealing with the detailing and the execution of the craft's onward autonomy system. She was also the Deputy Operations Director of this mission...
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- Director of the Satellite Application Centre
Aluru Seelin Kiran Kumar (born 22 Oct 1952) is an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, having assumed office on 14 January 2015. He is credited with the development of key scientific instruments aboard the Chandrayaan-1 and Mangalyaan space crafts.In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. Kiran Kumar previously served as Director of Ahmedabad Space Applications Centre...
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- ISRO scientific secretary
Mr. V. Koteswara Rao, born on 01 November 1952, holds a Master degree (M. Tech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering with specialisation in Instrumentation and Control Systems from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University; and, has been with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since April 1978. Mr. Koteswara Rao, currently a Distinguished Scientist at ISRO, is serving as Scientific Secretary, ISRO from July 2011. In this position, he spearheads ISRO’s policy and programme planning activities; human resources planning and development; and international cooperation...
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- Director of the Liquid Propulsion System
M. C. Dathan is an Indian space scientist and former director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre . The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, by awarding him the Padma Shri, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. In May 2016, the Government of Kerala appointed MC Dathan as the scientific advisor to chief minister... Madhavan Chandradathan was born to Madhavan and Vasumathy, in Varkala. He graduated in chemical engineering from the Government Engineering College, Thrissur in 1971 and secured a master's degree from the Birla Institute of Technology in 1985.
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- Director at Satish Dhawan Space Centre
M.Y.S. Prasad is an Indian scientist and the former director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota Range (SDSC-SHAR). Govt. of India’s Civilian Award Padma Shri for the year 2014 for his distinguished service in Science and Technology. M.Y.S. Prasad Distinguished Scientist (APEX), ISRO & Director, SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota. Retired on 31 May 2015 as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC-SHAR) of ISRO. Regular Employee strength of SDSC is 2100, and annual Budget Rs. 500 Crores DS (APEX) is Secretary to Government of India Grade since 1 May 2013....
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- Director at the ISRO Satellite Centre
S. K. Shivakumar (1953 – 13 April 2019) was an Indian scientist from Karnataka state who worked at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centres. He was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015. He joined the Isro and started his career at its ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Sriharikota in 1976. He later worked in its Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC) from 1978 to 1998. He was the project director for the development of the 32-metre (105 ft) dish antenna of the Indian Deep Space Network which is used for telemetry for the missions such as the Chandrayaan-1, India's first lunar exploration mission and Mangalyaan, India's first interplanetary mission....
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- Project Director at Mars Orbiter Mission
Subbiah Arunan is an Indian scientist and Padma Shri awardee,[1] known for his role in the Mars Orbiter Mission of Indian Space Research Organisation. He finished his schooling in St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Vikramasingapuram in Tirunelveli Dist. He was born in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu and completed his Mechanical engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology. In 1984, he started his career in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He is the project director of Mars Orbiter Mission, informally called Mangalyaan in 2013.
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- Associate Project Director of Flight Dynamics
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- Associate Project Director at the PSLV programme
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- Chief General Manager at the Sriharikota Rocket port
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