Narendra Modi’s Post

Nuclear technology and women empowerment… I am Shilpi Soni, a space scientist and I am overjoyed to be helming the PM’s social media properties on #WomensDay. I am from Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. I belong to a very humble background but my family has always been passionate about learning, innovation and culture. After a stint at DRDO, it was a dream come true to work with ISRO, where I have contributed towards design, development and induction of state-of-the-art RF and Microwave subsystem technologies for more than 35 communication and navigation mission of ISRO over the last 24 fruitful years. What I like about ISRO is that there is no glass ceiling and offers immense opportunities for all, to address complex challenges with innovative solutions thereby making a long-lasting impact. It’s totally onto us, how we convert these chances into opportunities, expand our wings and fly high. Some of our collective successes make me proud. Pleased to share that ISRO has successfully indigenised highly complex and guarded Space Travelling wave tube technology that is available globally with only a handful of nations. It is a leap forward for India towards achieving Aatmanirbharta in space technology. My current assignment includes serving as Associate Project Director for GSAT-22/23 communication payload to cater communication needs for India’s citizens. Earlier, I was fortunate to have been a part of the ISRO delegation to French Guyana, Kourou for the launch of GSAT. It gave me so much satisfaction to see the spacecraft being launched to space, in which I contributed along with a brilliant team.