FEMALE SCIENTISTS IN ISRO

ISRO chairman V Narayanan stated that women constitute approximately 20% of ISRO's workforce and are performing exceptionally well. He emphasized the importance of women's contribution to India's progress, advocating for an increase in female repres...

The final phase of the manoeuvre involved firing of control engines for a short duration, the space agency said in a statement.

The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, has expressed his desire for increased female representation in the country's space missions. While Somanath acknowledged that it won't be feasible to include women in the in...

ISRO, the Indian space agency, is considering selecting women fighter test pilots or female scientists for its upcoming human space flight program, Gaganyaan. The agency's chief, S Somanath, mentioned that ISRO plans to send a female humanoid robot ...

India's Chandrayaan missions have provided valuable data for the international scientific community, including the discovery of water ice, minerals, and temperature changes on the moon. The missions have paved the way for future moon exploration, in...

Women scientists and engineers, who have worked on several successful space missions, encourage girls and young women to pursue a career in science.

India has become the fourth country to successfully land on the moon's surface, with the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the women scientists involved in the project and praised their contribution.

India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 successfully made a soft landing on the Moon. The touch down took place at 6:04 pm on August 23, 2023, as scheduled. With Chandrayaan-3's successful lunar touchdown, India has joined the ranks of the United States, C...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also congratulated the scientists involved in the project. He said the entire nation is feeling proud of the achievement. "India has already started its journey of being number one in everything under the vibrant leade...

As we anticipate the Grand Finale of the ETPrime Women Leadership Awards (ETPWLA) 2023 on August 4, 2023, the Economic Times is proud to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Woman Pioneer of the Year Award. These finalists are stalwarts in thei...

Even though the Chandrayaan-3 mission is helmed by men, unlike the Chandrayaan-2 mission, a sizable number of women are behind the former, said a senior official of the Indian space agency.

In an interview, Singh said these missions were envisaged to be launched in the 75th year of Indian independence, but due to the emergence of COVID-19 these programmes were delayed by two to three years.

"The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the training of astronauts in Russia as well as India," PTI quoted Singh as saying, adding the first test-flight of the Gaganyaan mission is scheduled to take place later this year. The first test-flight will be...

The 56-year-old scientist has played a significant role in the execution of over 100 space missions.

Staying in the world’s coldest place where minimum temperatures can slide to -90 degrees Celsius, Mangala Mani was part of a 23-member expedition team.

Before India put PM Modi's space diplomacy into the orbit, scientists had set up a hotline between Umsaw, Meghalaya, and the PMO to demonstrate certain features similar to those of South Asia Satellite.

Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Three Indian scientific journals have featured, for the first time since their inception, special sections on women scientists to highlight their work and encourage younger counterparts to take up active scientific careers.