B. Codanayaguy
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OccupationEngineer
KnownforLong Career at ISRO
Female Engineer
Female Engineer
B. Codanayaguy | |
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| Education | Government College of Technology, Coimbatore |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Employer | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| Known for | Long Career at ISRO Female Engineer |
B. Codanayaguy is an Electronics & Instrumentation Engineer at the ISRO. She is responsible for the instrumentation of control systems for the solid rocket motors used in rocket launches. She was given the highest award for women in India, the Nari Shakti Puraskar, at the Presidential Palace in 2017.
Codanayaguy is from Puducherry in India.[1] She decided to be an engineer after being inspired by the first space launches of India. She graduated from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore[2] and her first job was helping the Indian Space Research Organisation in 1984.[2] There, she worked on the Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle project.