Kerala’s Woman Scientist is to Head India’s Key Missile Project Agni-II A (2)

45-year-old Dr Tessy Thomas of DRDO has been cleared to be appointed to the post of project director of the upgraded version of the 2000 km-long nuclear capable Agni-II missile.  She is the ever first  women scientist to  hold this designation.

Now she is the Associate Project Director of the 3,000 km range Agni-III missile project.

Dr Tessy Thomas,who did the post analysis of the failure of the first Agni-III missile, said there were some shortcomings in the test of the missile which were overcome for a smooth flawless test flight on May 7. There are 20 other women scientists working along with Thomas on the Agni-III programme.

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