{"id":2407,"date":"2019-06-22T01:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2019-06-22T01:57:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:57:17","slug":"two-female-scientists-ritu-kridhal-and-vanitha-to-head-indias-2nd-moon-mission-chandrayaan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/two-female-scientists-ritu-kridhal-and-vanitha-to-head-indias-2nd-moon-mission-chandrayaan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Two female scientists Ritu Kridhal and Vanitha to head Indias 2nd Moon mission Chandrayaan-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time, Indian\nSpace Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed two women scientists &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;Ritu Karidhal<\/strong>&nbsp;(as\nmission director) and&nbsp;<strong>Muthayya\nVanitha<\/strong>(as project director) &#8211; to head the India&#8217;s second Moon\nmission&nbsp;<strong>Chandrayaan-2<\/strong>.<br>\nISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that close to 30\npercent of the ISRO team working on Chandrayaan 2 are women.<br>\n<strong>Ritu\nKaridhal<\/strong>&nbsp;was referred as\nthe &#8216;<strong>Rocket Woman of\nIndia<\/strong>&#8216;. She became famous with the launch of the Mars Orbiter\nMission where she was the deputy operations director.<br>\nMuthayya&nbsp;<strong>Vanitha&nbsp;<\/strong>received the&nbsp;<strong>Best Woman Scientist&nbsp;<\/strong>award\nin 2006 by the Astronomical Society of India.<br>\n<strong>About\nChandrayaan-2<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><br>\nChandrayaan-2 is India&#8217;s second mission to\nexplore moon after Chandrayaan-1.<br>\nDeveloped by: ISRO<br>\nThe Chandrayaan-2 mission is scheduled to launch\non<strong>&nbsp;July 15<\/strong>.<br>\nThe project cost is close to&nbsp;<strong>Rs 1,000 crore&nbsp;<\/strong>with\nthe involvement of close to 600 industries and 15 academia collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed two women scientists &#8211;&nbsp;Ritu Karidhal&nbsp;(as mission director) and&nbsp;Muthayya Vanitha(as project director) &#8211; to head the India&#8217;s second Moon mission&nbsp;Chandrayaan-2. ISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that close to 30 percent of the ISRO team working on Chandrayaan 2 are women. 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