Nigar Shaji
The women scientists of ISRO played a crucial role in the successful launch of Aditya L1. Nigar Shaji, the project director of this sun mission, stands at the forefront of a remarkable group of accomplished women who have been integral to India’s recent space missions.
Nigar Shaji has been working with the ISRO as a scientist for 35 years. She is the project director of India’s first mission to study the Sun Aditya-L1. The 59-year-old scientist is a native of Shengottai in Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi.
Born to a farmer Sheikh Meeran, and Saitoon Biwi, a homemaker. She completed her schooling in English medium at the Shengottai government higher secondary school.
She did her graduation in engineering from the Tirunelveli government engineering college and joined ISRO in 1987.
Nigar Shaji lives with her mother and daughter in Bengaluru while her husband, who is an....
