Woman's hand in India's latest satellite

A woman scientist is responsible for the successful functioning of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-12, launched on Friday from the space port here, 80 kms north of Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai.

T.K. Anuradha, the first woman ever to be the satellite project director at the country's space agency, specialises in satellite checkout systems - electronic checking of satellite's performance in space, an ISRO official said.

Anuradha, in her 50s, has been with the Indian Space Research Organisation for three decades now, the official said. She heads the GSAT-12 project at the ISRO Space Centre at Bengaluru.


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