Muthayya Vanitha is an Indian electronics system engineer who has led projects on satellites at the Indian Space Research Organization.
13 Facts About Muthayya Vanitha
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Muthayya Vanitha was the project director of the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission of the ISRO.
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Muthayya Vanitha completed her schooling in Boiler plant school Trichy.
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Muthayya Vanitha joined the ISRO as a junior engineer working in various areas of hardware testing and development.
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Muthayya Vanitha later succeeded to managerial positions, leading the Telemetry and Telecommand Divisions in the Digital Systems Group of ISRO Satellite Centre.
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Muthayya Vanitha has acted as deputy project director for several satellites including Cartosat-1, Oceansat-2, and Megha-Tropiques, where she was responsible for data operations.
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Muthayya Vanitha was involved in the successful Mangalyaan mission to Mars in 2013.
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Muthayya Vanitha was promoted from associate director to project director for ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission.
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Muthayya Vanitha is the first woman to lead an interplanterary mission at the ISRO.
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Muthayya Vanitha is the first woman project director at ISRO.
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Muthayya Vanitha's responsibilities include ensuring complete oversight of the development and implementation of all systems and acting as a point of authority for the project.
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Muthayya Vanitha received an award for Best Woman Scientist by the Astronomical Society of India in 2006.
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Muthayya Vanitha was noted as one of five scientists to watch by Nature in 2019.