Nigar Shaji

Nigar Shaji is a scientist at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, part of ISRO, in Bengaluru and is the project director for India's first space-based solar observatory.

Addressing fellow scientists at ISRO to cheers and claps after the successful launch of the country's first solar mission - Aditya L1 - Nigar Shaji, the director of the project, said on Saturday that it was like a dream coming true.

ISRO today successfully launched Aditya-L1, the country's first space-based mission to study the Sun. The team behind the solar mission is being led by project director Nigar Shaji, who has been working at the space agency for 35 years.

Nigar Shaji is a scientist at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, part of ISRO, in Bengaluru and is the project director for India's first space-based solar observatory.

Addressing fellow scientists at ISRO to cheers and claps after the successful launch of the country's first solar mission - Aditya L1 - Nigar Shaji, the director of the project, said on Saturday that it was like a dream coming true.

ISRO today successfully launched Aditya-L1, the country's first space-based mission to study the Sun. The team behind the solar mission is being led by project director Nigar Shaji, who has been working at the space agency for 35 years.