Which Malayalam women known as the missile women of India?

Question

Which Malayalam women known as the missile women of India?

Answer 1

That would be Tessy Thomas, Associate Project Director of Agni missiles. http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetail...

She is also known as: "Daughter of Fire".

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Answer 2

You are referring to a Keralite, Tessy Thomas who has been appointed as the Project Director for developing the advanced version of Agni II missile.  Tessy Thomas has multiple monikers. Missile Woman and Agni Putri are just a few of them.

The 45-year-old from Kerala, after all, is India’s first woman scientist to head a strategic weapons project and was also part of the elite team responsible for Agni III.

“It’s a great sense of responsibility contributing to national security,” says Thomas, who was one of the 10 chosen by the Defence Research and Development Organisation after a national entrance test in 1985. Superwoman, indeed.

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More on Tessy Thomas:

Indian women after serving to various post which were known to be controlled by their male counterparts including the post of Prime minister to President, Police service to the field of aviation here is another newsmaker Tessy Thomas who is appointed as Project Director for developing the advanced version of Agni II missile.

An expert of solid system propellants which is used in Agni missile, Tessy earlier has worked as Assistant Project Director in successful launch of Agni III Interballistic missile with 3500 range on May 7.

“I like my job. I feel I am contributing to my nation's security,” said at an award function who was facilitated along with the entire team behind Agni III success story by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

She shared the responsibility with other 200 women defence scientist contributing India through Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Her take on the advance form of Agni II which will develop under her guidance was, “It's still a confidential project. It will be called Agni-II-A2.”

After completing B.Tech from Thrissur Engineering College, Kozhikode, and an M.Tech in Guided Missile from Pune, this 45 year old who is also tagged as India's missile woman has also worked with the missile man of India , Dr Abdul Kalam the former president of India.

She has also analysed the reason for the failure of earlier version of Agni III which brought immense help to overcome the shortcomings and successfully launch the Agni III with range of 3,500 km.

She has also become the aspiration of millions of women who want to make career in this field. She is also a reflection of a changing scenario of women in India.