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'''Anuradha T.K.''' is a retired [[Indian people|Indian]] scientist and project director of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO), specialized communication satellites. She has worked on the launches of the satellites [[GSAT-12]] and [[GSAT-10]]. She is the senior most female scientist at ISRO, having joined the space agency in 1982,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38253471|title=The women scientists who took India into space|date=2016-12-12|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/181618/meet-isros-space-girls.html|title=Meet ISRO's 'Space Girls'|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref> and also the first woman to become a satellite project director at ISRO.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/04/meet-the-lady-behind-success-of-risat-i/|title=Meet the lady behind success of RISAT I|last=info@biharprabha.com|first=Bihar Reporter|work=The Biharprabha News|access-date=2017-04-04|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Anuradha TK was born in [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore State]] (now [[Karnataka]]) in 1960.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.indianspacestation.com/research/general/491-reaching-out-to-the-skies|title=Reaching out to the skies|last=ISS|work=indianspacestation.com|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702194440/http://www.indianspacestation.com/research/general/491-reaching-out-to-the-skies|archive-date=2 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> She graduated with a bachelor's degree in electronics from the [[University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering]] in Bangalore.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://jeppiaartech.in/femfest2014/index.php/component/k2/item/280-t-k-anuradha |title=T K ANURADHA |date=2014-02-21 |access-date=2017-04-04 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221193703/http://jeppiaartech.in/femfest2014/index.php/component/k2/item/280-t-k-anuradha |archivedate=2014-02-21 }}</ref> Unlike many of her classmates, she chose to stay in India to pursue her career.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Anuradha TK is a '''Distinguished Scientist''' working as Director SATCOM, who was earlier Indian Geosat Programme Director at [[ISRO Satellite centre|ISRO Satellite Centre]]. She works in the area of geo-synchronous satellites, which are crucial to telecom and data links.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/260217/indias-rocket-women.html|title=India's rocket women|date=2017-02-26|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en}}</ref> She has been a leading figure in several Indian space programs.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://wiesummit.ieeer10.org/smt-t-k-anuradha/|title=Smt T K Anuradha – IEEE WIE Global Summit 2016|website=wiesummit.ieeer10.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2019/01/19/hands-that-rock-the-space-missions-at-isro.html|title=Hands that rock the space missions at ISRO|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>

Anuradha's role was instrumental in developing and launching the ISRO communication satellite [[GSAT-12]] satellite into space from the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] on 15 July 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-cetera/isro-successfully-launches-latest-communication-satellite-gsat-12/articleshow/9235872.cms?intenttarget=no|title=ISRO successfully launches latest communication satellite GSAT-12|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-04-04}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/isro-gsat-12-138117-2011-07-23
|title=ISRO banks on womanpower for GSAT-12|date=23 July 2011 | first=Max | last=Martin | publisher=India Today | accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/articles-in-indian-media.htm?dtl/13847/Only+the+sky+is+the+limit|title=Only the sky is the limit|website=www.mea.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2017-03-04}}</ref> She supervised and headed the technical group of 20 engineers.<ref name=":4" /> As a part of an all-women research team, together with Pramoda Hedge and Anuradha Prakash, she manoeuvered the GSAT-12 into its final orbit from ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" />

After working with the GSAT-12, Anuradha TK led the launch of the much bigger communication satellite [[GSAT-10]] in September 2012.<ref name=":6"/><ref name=":1" />

As the project director, she also oversaw the launch of the [[GSAT-9]], [[GSAT-17]] and [[GSAT-18]] communication satellites. She has also served as Project Manager, Deputy Project Director and Associate Project Director for the [[Indian Remote Sensing]] and the [[Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System]] programs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> Her specialty is satellite checkout systems which observe a satellite's performance once it is in space.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/news/woman-s-hand-in-india-s-latest-satellite-news-national-lhptukjbbadsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315175923/http://www.sify.com/news/woman-s-hand-in-india-s-latest-satellite-news-national-lhptukjbbadsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-03-15|title=Woman's hand in India's latest satellite|work=Sify|access-date=2017-04-04|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 2003 Space Gold Medal award by Astronautical Society of India for the services in the field of Space sciences
* 2011 Suman Sharma Award by [[National Design & Research Forum|National Design and Research Forum]] (NDRF) of IEI
* 2012 ASI- ISRO Merit Award for Realisation of Indigenous Communication spacecraft
* 2012 ISRO Team Award 2012 for being team leader for the realisation of [[GSAT-12]]<ref name=":4" />

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