Nandini Harinath

at ISRO's (Indian Space Research Organisation) Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.

She has co-authored a research paper on mission planning, analysis and operations—Outline of key components.

Nandini's first exposure to science was the popular series Star Trek on television.

Her mother is a maths teacher and her father is an engineer and as a family, they were all interested in science fiction and Star Trek.

[1] She is the Project Manager, Mission Designer[4] and served as deputy operations director on the Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan.