Nigar Shaji
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- SRM Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Shencottah
- Bachelor in Electronics and Communications, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli
- Masters in Electronics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Nigar Shaji | |
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| Born | Nigar Sultana |
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| Occupation | Space scientist |
| Employer | ISRO |
| Known for | Project director of Aditya-L1 Associate project director Resourcesat-2A |
| Parent(s) | Sheikh Meeran (father), Saitoon Beevi (mother) |
Nigar Shaji (born 1964) is an Indian aerospace engineer who works at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's national space agency.
Nigar Shaji was born Nigar Sultana to a Tamil Muslim family. Her father, Sheikh Meeran, was a farmer, and her mother, Sythoon Beevi, is a homemaker. Shaji was raised in Sengottai,[1][2] in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu.[3] She did her schooling in an SRM Government Girls Higher secondary school in Sengottai[1] before going to the Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli Madurai Kamaraj University, where she earned an engineering degree in electronics and communications.[4] She went on to earn a master's degree in electronics from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.[5][6] She has a brother, Sheik Saleem.[7]
Career
Nigar Shaji joined ISRO in 1987 as part of the U R Rao Satellite Centre.[5] She has worked on multiple satellite programmes, including serving as study director for India's proposed mission to Venus,[8] which she spoke about in 2012.[9] She was the Associate Project Director of Resourcesat-2A.[10][11] As of 2023, she is the project director of Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission, which launched successfully on 2 September 2023.[12]