Dr. Tessy Thomas, or ‘Missile woman of India’, is India’s first woman scientist to head a missile project (hence the title). She is the Project Director for Agni-IV, Agni-V missiles in Defence Research and Development Organisation. Dr. Tessy Thomas, has played key roles in many nuclear projects of India, particularly in the making of its long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the Agni-V. She is one of the country’s leading experts in ballistic missiles and is the project director for the Agni-IV missile at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). She is the first woman to lead a missile team in India, and is also known as “Agniputri.” She has worked on the Agni missile right from the inception, and has designed guidance scheme for long range missiles which is used in all Agni missiles.

     Dr. Tessy Thomas has contributed to Guidance Control, Inertial Navigation, Trajectory....