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

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

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Husband: Shahjahan

Marital Status: Married

Age: 60 Years

Bio/Wiki
Real Name Nigar Sultana (before marriage) check sources
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**- 5ā€™ 5ā€**
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Career
Field/Area Aerospace Research
Major Organizations ā€¢ Satish Dhawan Space Centre
ā€¢ U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru
ā€¢ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Appointments ā€¢ Radar engineer at Satish Dhawan Space Centre
ā€¢ Test engineer at U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru
ā€¢ Associate Project Director of Resourcesat-2A satellite
ā€¢ Project director of the Aditya-L1 mission
Missions ā€¢ Resourcesat-2A



ā€¢ Aditya L-1 Mission
Honours ā€¢ Honoured by Times Now for their ā€œcontributions to Indiaā€™s space endeavoursā€ (2023)
ā€¢ Honoured with the ā€˜Eve of Excellenceā€™ 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 ā€¢ Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli
ā€¢ Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Educational Qualification(s) ā€¢ Bachelorā€™s in electronics and communication engineering from Tirunelveli Government Engineering College
ā€¢ Masterā€™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 ā€œOne Hundred Years of Solitudeā€ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez many times.

    Cover Page of the book ā€œOne Hundred Years of Solitudeā€ 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.Ā 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 ISROā€™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 isā€¦ pic.twitter.com/zs1avDJ9ba

ā€” ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2023

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