Nigar Shaji Age, Husband, Caste, Family, Biography & More
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Husband: Shahjahan
Age: 60 Years
Marital Status: Married
Bio/Wiki | |
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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.
- 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.
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