A reception for ISRO women scientists, numbering about 225 which led the ISRO’s Republic Day tableau at Kartavya Path, was hosted by Union Minister Jitendra Singh at his residence in New Delhi.
Those included the eminent women scientists team depicted in Chandrayaan-3, Aditya L1 and other recent success stories that have received global acclaim.
The ISRO tableau was led entirely by eight women scientists, while 220 invited women scientists along with their spouses cheered the contingent. The all-women contingent was derived from various ISRO centres at Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, and Sriharikota.
Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, said, this day of glory was made possible by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had brought in new space reforms and liberated the space sector from the shackles of the past.
The women scientists said they felt extremely honoured and privileged for the spontaneous applause as the ISRO tableau paraded down the Kartavya Path.
