N. Valarmathi

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N. Valarmathi
Born Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu
Citizenship India
Nationality Indian
Fields Physics
Institutions Indian Space Research Organisation
Alma mater Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
Notable awards Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award (2015)
Spouse G. Vasudevan

N. Valarmathi (Tamil: ந‌. வளர்மதி) is an Indian scientist and project director of RISAT-1, India's first indigenously-developed Radar Imaging Satellite. She is the first person to receive Abdul Kalam Award, instituted by Government of Tamil Nadu in honour of the former president Abdul Kalam in 2015.[1]

Early life

She was born in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu and went to the Nirmala Girls Higher Secondary School. She graduated her Bachelor of engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and Masters in Electronics and Communications from Anna University.[2][3]

Career

She has been working with the ISRO since 1984 and involved in any missions including Insat 2A, IRS IC, IRS ID, TES.[4] She became project director of India's first indigenously-developed Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT-1, which was launched successfully on 2012.[5] She is the second woman scientist of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to head a prestigious project after T K Anuradha, project director of the GSAT-12 mission in 2011.

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