She is popularly known in her circuit as ‘Missile Woman of India’ and ‘Agniputri’. The First woman to head an Indian Missile project, has played key roles in many strategic projects of India, including the Long Range Ballistic Missile, the Agni IV and Agni V. She has worked for Agni Missile right from its inception and her contributions in the field of Science and Technology are remarkable. She is the First Director of the Missile Laboratory and possesses unique identity of heading all the three Missile Laboratories of the Missile Cluster (ASL, DRDL, RCI) of DRDO at Hyderabad.
She was honored with INDIAN WOMEN ACHIEVERS AWARD by the President of India on January 20, 2018 at New Delhi. Source: PIB
