V. R. Lalithambika

V. R. Lalithambika (born 1962) is an Indian scientist working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Early life

Lalithambika was born in 1962 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. She studied B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering and later did M. Tech. in Control Engineering from College of Engineering, Trivandrum. She worked with two colleges before joining ISRO. She did her Ph. D. while working with ISRO.[1][2][3]

Career

She is a specialist of advanced launch vehicle technology. She had joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. in 1988.[1][4] She led a team which designed rocket control and guidance systems. She has worked with various ISRO rockets including the Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV).[5][2] She is the deputy director of the VSSC.[4][2][3]

She will lead the Gaganyaan mission as the Director of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme which is intended to send Indian astronauts in the space by 2022.[4][5][6]

Awards

She was awarded the Space Gold Medal (2001), ISRO Individual Merit Award and ISRO Performance Excellence Award (2013).[2]

Personal life

She married an engineer and has two children.[5][1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jayaraj, Nandita (2018-09-01). "Marriage stopped her from going to IIT, but she still became ISRO's top engineer". The Print. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "India's rocket women". Deccan Chronicle. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 Singh, Surendra (2018-09-23). "Meet the woman scientist heading India's Gaganyaan project". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. 1 2 3 "VR Lalithambika, the woman who will lead India's human space flight programme". The Economic Times. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  5. 1 2 3 "Meet The Woman Who Leads India's "Manned Mission" To Space". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  6. ↑ D. S., Madhumathi (2018-08-15). "With human space flight, India to push frontiers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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