27.ANURADHA T K , ISRO SCIENTIST ENGINEER

 


 Anuradha  T K   is a  Senior  Scientist  Engineer  retired  from   Indian  Space Research Organization who was with ISRO for 34 years and was  the first woman to be the Director of a Satellite projects GSA-10  and GSAT-12. Born  on 30th  April 1960 in Bangalore India  she  graduated  from University Visvesawarayya  College  of Engg in Electronics and Communication  Engineering . About her choice of   education and career   she says : “I never liked subjects where I needed to remember a lot and science looked logical to me. I don’t believe that Indian girls think science is not meant for them and I think maths is their favourite subject." Considered a role model at work, she says, “You don’t get any special treatment because you’re a woman, you’re also not discriminated against because you’re a woman. You’re treated as an equal here." Her advice to women aspiring to be rocket scientists is simple: “Once I had decided that I needed a purposeful career where my passion lay, I created a good set-up at home. My husband and parents-in-law were always cooperative, so I didn’t have to worry much about my children,”

Unlike many of her classmates, she chose to stay in India to pursue her career. The first job was testing satellites at the Satellite Centre in Bangalore, and her boss was Prof U. R. Rao, who later served as the agency's chairman from 1984 to 1994. Anuradha developed electronic equipment for satellites. Her satellite project director has given her so much support, unlike others who think that women and science don’t get well. She has been a leading figure in several Indian space programs.

Anuradha’s  innovation is that she creates a unique way to control the geo-synchronous satellites. Anuradha successfully manoeuvred GSAT- 12 into its final orbit through complex operations executed from the control facility in Hassan. It was her Innovation that made GSAT-12 a success. Her method continues to be used even today. For the first time, an all-women team did the job at Hassan. And so, the space agency has now lined up many more tasks for them. As the project director, she also oversaw the launch of the GSAT-9, GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 communication satellites. She has also served as Project Manager, Deputy Project Director and Associate Project Director for the Indian Remote Sensing and the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System programs. Her specialty is satellite checkout systems which observe a satellite’s performance once it is in space.

” Her advice to women aspiring to be rocket scientists is simple:  “Once girls see that there are lots of women in the space program, they also get motivated, they think if she can do it, so can they.” Anuradha’s growth and story inspire many people today. With her encouragement, more and more women chose to join scientific careers. She supervised and headed the technical group of 20 engineers. As a part of an all-women research team, together with Pramoda Hedge and Anuradha Prakash, she maneuvered the GSAT-12 into its final orbit from ISRO’s Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan.

Awards

·       2003 Space Gold Medal award by the Astronautical Society of India for the services in the field of Space sciences

·       2011 Suman Sharma Award by National Design & Research Forum (NDRF) of IEI

·       2012 ASI- ISRO Merit Award for Realization of Indigenous Communication spacecraft

·       2012 ISRO Team Award 2012 for being team leader for the realization of GSAT-12

 

Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradha_T._K.

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