This Article is From Jul 14, 2023

Ritu Karidhal: 5 Points On India's 'Rocket Woman' Involved In Chandrayaan-3 Mission

Chandrayaan-3, India's third moon mission, will launch from Satish Dhawan space centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 2.35pm today. It is being led by Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, India's very own 'rocket woman'.

Ritu Karidhal: 5 Points On India's 'Rocket Woman' Involved In Chandrayaan-3 Mission

Ritu Karidhal Srivastava has published more than 20 papers in reputed publications.

Chandrayaan-3, India's third moon mission, will launch from Satish Dhawan space centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota at 2.35pm today. It is being led by Ritu Karidhal Srivastava, India's very own 'rocket woman'.

Here are 5 points on Ritu Karidhal Srivastava:

  1. Ritu Karidhal Srivastava is a senior scientist in Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) who played a key role in realising the Mars Orbiter Mission, according to Women Economic Forum (WEF).

  2. She did MSc in Physics from Lucknow University in 1996 and MTech from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. Her teachers and mentors at Lucknow University say she was a very bright student.

  3. Ms Srivastava developed interest in exploring space from a very young age. Collecting news articles related to any space activities by ISRO or American space agency NASA was one of her hobbies during school days.

  4. She joined ISRO in November, 1997, according to WEF. She has worked for many prestigious missions of ISRO and also handled responsible position of operations director for many missions.

  5. Ms Srivastava has published more than 20 papers both in international and national publications.



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