The best example of Indian talent is making of MOM: Ritu Karidhal

The best example of Indian talent is making of MOM: Ritu Karidhal

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 08:21 PM IST
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You have been one of the contributors to the Mars Orbiter Mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organization. What feelings came to you on the day the Orbiter took its assigned place? What was the significance of this mission?  How does this carry forward?

Being one of the main contributors to the Mars Orbiter Mission, the day of Mars Orbiter Insertion was the most important day for me. All the critical events were planned a day prior and loaded on the spacecraft 10 days prior to the actual operation.

On D-Day, when we received the first signal from MOM indicating the success of the mission, it was a feeling of tremendous joy, contentment and a great achievement.

There are many objectives of this mission extending from developing critical technologies in the field of Interplanetary Science to expanding our knowledge base about so many queries related to Mars.  Whether there was life on Mars? If true, where and how the life disappeared?

Apart from all this, I feel the most important aspect of this successful mission was…

The inspiration to next generation of space explorers. It galvanizes an entire generation of students in the educational pipeline to want to become scientists, engineers, technologists, and mathematicians who form the backbone of any nation for its continuous growth.

What have been milestones in your life? What could be your next milestone?

Milestones in my life has been

Who has influenced you most in your life? Why?

My parents who taught me the value of persistent hard work, believing in the simplicity of life.

Are you ambitious? If yes, have you chalked out your life? Does planning help?

Being ambitious is good if it doesn’t hurt your near and dear ones. I am also ambitious, ambitious to do something good for the society and for the next generation. I believe, women can manage between home and work by an advanced planning of all activities. A proper plan with suitable timelines surely helps to sort everything how much ever hectic it is.

Ritu Karidhal is a proud contributor to The Mars Orbiter Mission launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation. Leading the team behind the success of ‘Mangalyaan’, Ritu has been involved in a lot of revolutionary space operations with ISRO

How have you tackled setbacks in life? What keeps you going? Have you ever wanted to give it all up and do something else?

There have been many setbacks in life but i feel having faith in God provides you that inner strength to come out of setbacks….

India has a multitude of talent. And yet, we are unable to make rapid strides like China. How do we harness talent in India and channelize it?

The best example of Indian talent is making of MOM. It has shown that Indians also can do anything, making world record in the most critical area where China has failed several times.

Talent harnessing can be done in many ways.

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