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{{short description|Indian space scientist, systems engineer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Minal Rohit
| birth_name = Minal Rohit
| birth_place = [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| awards = {{Plainlist|
* Team Excellence Award from the [[ISRO]]
}}
| known_for = Intergraded Methane sensor
System Engineer
Project Engineer Manager for MOM
}}

'''Minal Rohit''' is an Indian scientist and [[Systems engineering|systems engineer]] with the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO). She helped send the ''[[Mars Orbiter Mission|Mangalyaan]]'' space probe to [[Mars]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25989262|title=Indian woman's space mission|date=2014-02-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-GB}}</ref>

After graduating from Nirma Institute of Technology, Rohit joined the [[ISRO]].<ref name=":3" /> She worked with mechanical engineers on the team of [[Mars Orbiter Mission|MOM]].<ref name=":1" /> She monitored systems and the methane sensors involved with the spacecraft. She became part of the team that launched MOM as a system integration engineer .<ref name=":1" />

==Early life and education==
Minal Sampat<ref name="WIRED">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/03/these-scientists-sent-a-rocket-to-mars-for-less-than-it-cost-to-make-the-martian/|title=These Scientists Sent a Rocket to Mars for Less Than It Cost to Make "The Martian" Backchannel|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en-US}}</ref> was born in [[Rajkot, India]].<ref name=":0" />

As a child, Minal dreamt of becoming a doctor, but a space show on the TV changed her mind in class 8.<ref name="MarsMission">{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/tech-women-minal-sampath-worked-on-indias-mars-mission/|title=Tech Women: Minal Sampath worked on India's Mars Mission|website=www.shethepeople.tv|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref> During her education, she noticed that her female peers aimed for scientific careers based on their possible salaries rather than the pursuit of knowledge. Although she ended up getting a full education along with college, many girls around her only received partial education.<ref name=":1" /> She graduated from [[Gujarat University]] in 1999,<ref name=":2" /> along with graduating from [[Space Applications Centre]] with a B Tech in communications and was a gold medalist in [[Electrical engineering|electronics and communication engineering]] from [[Institute of Technology, Nirma University|Nirma Institute of Technology and Science, Ahmedabad]].

== Career ==
Minal started her career as a [[Telecommunications engineering|Satellite Communications engineer]] at [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) and went on to work for the Space Application Center. She was one of 500 scientists<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25989262|title=Indian woman's space mission|date=2014-02-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en-GB}}</ref> and engineers who worked on the [[Mars Orbiter Mission]]. As Systems Engineer for the mission, she helped integrate and test the sensors that the orbiter was carrying.<ref name="WIRED"/> She abstained from taking any leaves for two years.<ref name="MarsMission" />

Minal was a head engineer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/8-women-in-stem-who-are-changing-the-space-game-7999206|title=8 Inspiring Women Who Are Changing The Space Game|last=Thorpe|first=J.R.|date=17 February 2018|work=Bustle|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en}}</ref> and a [[Project manager|Project Manager]] for upcoming projects such as [[Chandrayaan-2|Chandrayaan II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corporatecitizen.in/v2-issue21/women-power-moms-of-mars-mission.html|title=Woman Power: Moms of Mars Mission |website=corporatecitizen.in|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref> Minal Rohit is currently Deputy Project Director at ISRO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BuzzerBlog: Trump Announces Release of 80,000 Pages of JFK Assassination Files |url=https://www.buzzer.blog/2025/03/buzzerblog-trump-announces-release-of.html |access-date=2018-04-06 |website=www.buzzer.blog/ |language=en-US}}</ref> She aims to become the first woman director to head a national space agency.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.storypick.com/isro-women-scientists/|title=8 Hardworking ISRO Women Scientists Who Are Breaking The Space Ceilings With Their Work|date=2017-02-16|work=Storypick|access-date=2018-04-28|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Research contributions ==
Rohit was one of 500 scientists working on the Mangalyaan mission headed by the [[ISRO]], and one of the 10 women assigned to the project.<ref name=":4" /> She served as project manager as well as systems engineer and was involved with incorporating the components of the [[methane]] sensor (MSM), Lyman-Alpha Photometer (LAP), [[Thermal and infrared imaging|Thermal Infrared Imaging]] [[Spectrometer]] (TIS), and [[Mars]] Color Camera (MCC) onto the [[orbiter]].<ref name=":1" /> She is a senior engineer at the [[ISRO]].

She is currently involved with the [[Chandrayaan-II]], the follow-up mission to the [[Chandrayaan-1]], India's first successful [[Lunar probe]].<ref name=":3" /> Her primary work on the project involves improving the Insat-3DS [[satellite]] to increase atmospheric data and quality received.

== Legacy ==
Minal Rohit was one of ten women out of 500 scientists to bring India to Mars. She helped India become the first country to orbit Mars with a satellite on the first attempt.<ref name=":0" />

Minal Rohit was featured in a short film ''Snapshots from Afar'' where she discussed her contribution to the ''Mangalyaan'' space probe to Mars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/science/women-isro-mars-mangalyaan|title=Watch: The Women Who Helped India Reach Mars On the First Try|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref>

== Awards and accomplishments ==
Minal Rohit won the ''Young Scientist Merit Award'' from the [[ISRO]] in 2007 for her contributions to their [[Telemedicine]] program and the ''ISRO Team Excellence Award'' in 2013 for her work on [[INSAT]] 3D meteorological payloads. Regarding the MOM project, Minal and her colleagues were praised in a speech from Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] over their work on the mission with the 15 month time constraint. She graduated [[Gujarat University]] with a gold medal in electronic and communication engineering.<ref name=":2" />

She received the ISRO Young Scientist Merit Award 2013 for her contribution to the [[Telemedicine]] programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/tech-women-minal-sampath-worked-on-indias-mars-mission/|title=Tech Women: Minal Sampath worked on India's Mars Mission|last=Kathuria|first=Charvi|date=December 19, 2017|website=www.shethepeople.tv|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-08}}</ref> Minal was named one of [[CNN|CNN's]] 2014 Women of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/opinion/ghitis-women-of-the-year-2014/index.html|title=2014 women of the year|last=Ghitis|first=Frida|date=11 December 2014|work=CNN|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life ==
Minal has one son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/flying-high-meet-three-indian-women-scientists-who-put-india-space-map-55664|website=www.thenewsminute.com|access-date=2019-02-16|title=Flying high: Meet three Indian women scientists who put India on the space map|date=2017-01-13}}</ref>

== References ==
<references>
<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|last1=Agarwal|first1=Ipsita|title=These Scientists Sent a Rocket to Mars for less than it Cost to make "The Martian"|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/03/these-scientists-sent-a-rocket-to-mars-for-less-than-it-cost-to-make-the-martian/|magazine=Wired|accessdate=10 October 2017|date=17 March 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=":3">{{cite web|author1=Joshi, Manoj|author2=Srikanth, B R|title=India's Rocket Women|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/260217/indias-rocket-women.html|website=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=10 October 2017|language=en|date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Indian Woman's Space Mission|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25989262|website=BBC News|accessdate=10 October 2017|date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=":2">{{cite web|title=Minal Rohit|url=https://www.rsdiitm.org/copy-of-sreenivas-subramoney|website=RSDiitm|publisher=RSD 2017|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Scientists: Minal Rohit and Dr Tara Shears, The Conversation - BBC World Service|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02d5qfm|website=BBC|accessdate=10 October 2017}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
* {{cite web|author1=Daswani, Divia Thani|title=The Women of ISRO|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/the-women-of-isro/|website=VOGUE India|accessdate=10 October 2017|date=1 March 2016}}
* https://www.shethepeople.tv/home-top-video/chandrayaan-2-minal-rohit-scientist-systems-engineer

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