Mangala Mani is an Indian scientist. She is the first ISRO female scientist to live more than a year in Antarctica. Mani was chosen for the BBC's 100 Women Challenge for their Women in Science series.[1]
Mangala Mani | |
|---|---|
| Born | India |
| Organization | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
Early life and education
editMani was the eldest among the six children. She completed her school from the Holy Mary Girls High School, Saifabad.[2] She inspired to join a space organisation after reading a NASA newspaper article about Mars. She obtained her Model Diploma for Technicians-Radio Apparatus (MDT-RA) from Masab Tank Government Polytechnic in Hyderabad. Mani was the only female in the class of 80.[3]
Career
editMani began her apprenticeship with HAL in Balanagar shortly after receiving her diploma. She was summoned to the interview with ISRO. She received an appointment order to join the ISRO within three weeks after the interview.[4] A team of ISRO scientists finished a 403-day expedition at Bharathi, India's Antarctic research station, in December 2018. Mani, who aged 56 at that time was the sole female on this team. She was part of a 23-person expedition crew. She ran and maintained the ground station from which 10 of the 14 orbits would be visible from Bharathi.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Mary, S. B. Vijaya (13 March 2018). "ISRO's Mangala Mani and her expedition to Antarctica as the only woman scientist". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Quint, The (18 March 2018). "ISRO's Mangala Mani Completes 400-Day Antarctica Mission". TheQuint. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "National Girl Child Day 2020: Meet Mangala Mani – ISRO scientist in historic Antarctica mission". Financialexpress. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "56-year-old first Isro woman to spend over a year in Antarctica". The Times of India. 18 March 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Wadhwa, Mansi. "Mangala Mani: ISRO Scientist Who Was In The Historic Antarctica Mission". www.shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Srivastava, Priya. "Meet Mangala Mani, the first woman scientist from ISRO to spend 403 days in Antarctica". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 January 2024.