Aditya L1’s flight towards the Sun on Saturday is the culmination of the hardwork of a number of people under its Project Director Nigar Shaji.
With 35 years of service in ISRO, Shaji has made illustrious contributions to the Indian Remote Sensing, communication and interplanetary satellite programmes at various responsibilities, sources in the space agency said.
She hails from Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi and joins a list of illustrious names from the state–Mayilsamy Annadurai, M Vanitha and P Veeramuthuvel, who have helmed the country’s three lunar missions so far.
