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| name = Muthayya Vanitha<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|2|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| occupation = Scientist<br />
| years_active = 1987–present<br />
| organization = [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO)<br />
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'''Muthayya Vanitha''' is an [[India]]n electronics system [[engineer]] who has led projects on [[satellite]]s at the [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]]. She is currently the project director of the [[Chandrayaan-2]] lunar mission of the ISRO.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Vanitha is from [[Chennai|Chennai, India]] and originally trained as a design engineer. She completed her schooling in Boiler plant school Trichy.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/meet-the-rocket-women-of-india-vanitha-ritu-karidhal-who-are-going-to-be-steering-chandrayaan-2-2183373.html|title=Meet the 'Rocket Women of India' Who are Going to be Steering Chandrayaan-2|date=14 July 2019|work=News18|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/chandrayaan-2-muthayya-vanitha-isros-rocket-woman-who-shattered-the-glass-ceiling-and-aimed-for-the-moon-2241357.html|title=Muthayya Vanitha: ISRO's Rocket Woman Who Shattered the Glass Ceiling and Aimed for the Moon|last=Sharma|first=Aditya|date=23 July 2019|work=News18|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> She graduated from College of Engineering, Guindy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/vanitha-32-years-at-isro-to-leading-indias-chandrayaan-2-project-1.1566273988755|title=Vanitha: 32 years at ISRO to leading India's Chandrayaan 2 project|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Vanitha has worked at ISRO for over three decades.<ref name=":0" /> She joined the ISRO as a junior engineer working in various areas of hardware testing and development.<ref name=":0" /> She later succeeded to managerial positions, leading the Telemetry and Telecommand Divisions in the Digital Systems Group of [[U R Rao Satellite Centre|ISRO Satellite Centre]]. She has also acted as deputy project director for several satellites including [[Cartosat-1]], [[Oceansat-2]], and [[Megha-Tropiques]], where she was responsible for data operations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/children/off-to-the-moon/article28730665.ece|title=Off to the moon|last=Krishnan|first=Madhuvanti S.|date=2019-07-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-04|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/ritu-karidhal-and-m-vanitha-meet-the-two-women-leading-chandrayaan-2-team-4097911.html|title=Ritu Karidhal and M Vanitha: Meet the two women leading Chandrayaan 2 team|website=Moneycontrol|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> Vanitha was also involved in the successful [[Mars Orbiter Mission|Mangalyaan]] mission to [[Mars]] in 2013.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Chandrayaan-2 ===<br />
Vanitha was promoted from associate director to project director for ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission. She is the first woman to lead an interplanterary mission at the ISRO.<ref name=":2" /> She is also the first woman project director at ISRO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mission-designer-and-data-cruncher-meet-women-heading-chandrayaan-2-105317|website=www.thenewsminute.com|access-date=2019-10-20|title=A mission designer and a data cruncher: Meet the women heading Chandrayaan-2|date=12 July 2019}}</ref> Previous Chandrayaan-1 project director, [[Mylswamy Annadurai]], who convinced her to take on the role, said that her data handling, team management and problem solving skills made her the ideal person for this position.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/chandrayaan-2-how-isros-former-director-had-to-persuade-project-director-to-take-the-wheel-2188427.html|title=How ISRO's Former Director Had to Persuade Chandrayaan-2 Project Director to Take the Wheel|last=Balakrishnan|first=Deepa|date=23 July 2019|work=News18|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> Vanitha's responsibilities include ensuring complete oversight of the development and implementation of all systems and acting as a point of authority for the project.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/two-women-steer-moon-mission-a-simple-girl-and-an-award-winner-chandrayaan-2-isro-5779785/|title=Two women steer moon mission: a 'simple girl' and an award winner|last=Johnson|first=T A|date=14 June 2019|work=The Indian Express|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> The launch successfully occurred on 22 July 2019.<ref name=":1" /> Unlike [[Chandrayaan-1]], aimed to land a probe on the Moon surface rather than orbit around it.<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
Vanitha received an award for Best Woman Scientist by the [[Astronomical Society of India]] in 2006.<ref name=":2" /> She was also noted as one of five scientists to watch by [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07683-5|title=Nature's 10|website=www.nature.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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