No Gender Discrimination in ISRO: Aditya L1 Program Director..!?
Nigar Shaji has said, "There is no bar for women in ISRO". He said that in ISRO, only talent matters and there is no gender discrimination. As Aditya L1 has successfully reached the L1 point, program director Nigar Shaji has said that there is no gender discrimination against women in the indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Born in Sengottai in tenkasi district of tamil Nadu, Nigar Shaji is a scientist at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, part of the indian Space Research Organization in Bangalore. Aditya is the Program director of the L1 mission, India's first mission to explore the Sun.
Aditya L1 spacecraft has traveled more than 3.7 million km and passed 1.5 million km from Earth after a long journey of more than four months in space. The farthest L1 point is reached. Nigar Shaji, who has given an interview to a news channel, said, "There is no restriction for women in ISRO." He said that in ISRO, only talent matters and there is no gender discrimination.
"Aditya is a complex science satellite," says Nigar Shaji, who worked tirelessly for nine years on the Aditya L1 project. "It was a challenge to work with several indian scientific institutions doing different tasks," he says. He says it was his father who inspired him to become an engineer. A mathematics graduate, Ms. Nigar's father, Sheikh Meeran, was a farmer. Born and brought up in Sengottai village in tamil Nadu's tenkasi district, Nigar says he learned about Nobel laureate Marie Curie and became interested in working for the indian Space Research Organisation.
He did his primary education in a government school. He completed his engineering degree in electronics and communications from government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, which was part of madurai Kamaraja University. Later, he did his Masters in Electronics from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
Earlier, for the Chandrayaan-2 project, M. Vanitha presided. Ms. Thenmozhi led the creation of satellites for capturing images of the Earth. Kalpana worked as the Deputy Program director of the Chandrayaan-3 programme.
Aditya L1 spacecraft has traveled more than 3.7 million km and passed 1.5 million km from Earth after a long journey of more than four months in space. The farthest L1 point is reached. Nigar Shaji, who has given an interview to a news channel, said, "There is no restriction for women in ISRO." He said that in ISRO, only talent matters and there is no gender discrimination.
"Aditya is a complex science satellite," says Nigar Shaji, who worked tirelessly for nine years on the Aditya L1 project. "It was a challenge to work with several indian scientific institutions doing different tasks," he says. He says it was his father who inspired him to become an engineer. A mathematics graduate, Ms. Nigar's father, Sheikh Meeran, was a farmer. Born and brought up in Sengottai village in tamil Nadu's tenkasi district, Nigar says he learned about Nobel laureate Marie Curie and became interested in working for the indian Space Research Organisation.
He did his primary education in a government school. He completed his engineering degree in electronics and communications from government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, which was part of madurai Kamaraja University. Later, he did his Masters in Electronics from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
Earlier, for the Chandrayaan-2 project, M. Vanitha presided. Ms. Thenmozhi led the creation of satellites for capturing images of the Earth. Kalpana worked as the Deputy Program director of the Chandrayaan-3 programme.