Nigar Shaji Age, Husband, Caste, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Nigar Sultana (before marriage) [1]Femina
Profession	Scientist
Famous for	being the project director of the Aditya-L1 mission
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet & inches- 5’ 5”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Field/Area	Aerospace Research
Major Organizations	• Satish Dhawan Space Centre • U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Appointments	• Radar engineer at Satish Dhawan Space Centre • Test engineer at U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru • Associate Project Director of Resourcesat-2A satellite • Project director of the Aditya-L1 mission
Missions	• Resourcesat-2A • Aditya L-1 Mission
Honours	• Honoured by Times Now for their “contributions to India’s space endeavours” (2023) • Honoured with the ‘Eve of Excellence’ by the Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College (2023)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1964
Age (as of 2024)	60 Years
Birthplace	Sengottai town, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
School	SRM Girls School, Sengottai
College/University	• Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli • Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor’s in electronics and communication engineering from Tirunelveli Government Engineering College • Master’s in electronics and communications from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Hobbies	Reading, Trekking
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Year, 1990
Family
Husband/Spouse	Shahjahan (Engineer)
Children	Son- 1 Tariq (Scientist) Daughter- 1 (Doctor)
Parents	Father- Sheikh Meeran (Farmer) (died in 1995) Mother- Sythoon Beevi (Homemaker)
Siblings	Brother- Sheikh Saleem (Retired Professor) Note: She has two more siblings.
Favourites
Book	"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nigar Shaji

• Shaji likes to read Tamil and English novels. She has read “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez many times.
  

  Cover Page of the book “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Shaji enjoys trekking with friends.

• Shaji applied for a job at ISRO in 1987 from a newspaper advertisement. She joined ISRO in 1987 and started her career at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. She worked as a radar engineer at Sriharikota for four years. She then worked as a test engineer at the U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.

• She joined the UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru after her marriage. She worked in various positions at the UR Rao Satellite Centre. She was also the Associate Project Director of the Indian Resourcesat-2A satellite.

• She was later promoted to programme director for all lower orbit and planetary missions at ISRO.

• Nigar Shaji led ISRO’s first solar mission, Aditya L-1 Mission. She is the Project Director of the Aditya L-1 Mission, launched on 2 September 2023.

#WATCH | On the successful launch of Aditya L-1, Project Director of Aditya L-1, Nigar Shaji says, "This is like a dream come true. I am extremely happy that Aditya L-1 has been injected by PSLV. Aditya L-1 has started its 125 days of long journey. Once Aditya L-1 is… pic.twitter.com/zs1avDJ9ba

— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2023

• Marie Curie has been the role model of Nigar Shaji since childhood.