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{{Short description|Indian scientist}}
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| birth_date = 31 July 1959
| birth_place =[[Ariyalur district|Ariyalur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| nationality =[[People of India|Indian]]
| fields =[[Physics]]
| workplaces =[[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (retired)
| alma_mater =[[Government College of Technology, Coimbatore]]
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| awards =[[Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award]] (2015)
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| parents = Natarajan & Ramaseetha
| spouse = G. Vasudevan
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'''N. Valarmathi''' ({{lang-ta|ந‌. வளர்மதி}}) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] scientist and project director of [[RISAT-1]], India's first indigenously-developed Radar Imaging Satellite. She is the first person to receive [[Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award|Abdul Kalam Award]], instituted by Government of Tamil Nadu in honour of the former president [[Abdul Kalam]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=ISRO Expert Valarmathi 1st Recipient of Kalam Award|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/ISRO-Expert-Valarmathi-1st-Recipient-of-Kalam-Award/2015/08/16/article2976791.ece|accessdate=16 August 2015|newspaper=New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Early life==
She was born in [[Ariyalur district|Ariyalur]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and went to the Nirmala Girls Higher Secondary School. She graduated her Bachelor of engineering from [[Government College of Technology, Coimbatore]] and Masters in Electronics and Communications from [[Anna University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Proud moment for woman scientist|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/245026/proud-moment-woman-scientist.html|accessdate=16 August 2015|newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Daughter of soil' makes Ariyalur proud|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/daughter-of-soil-makes-ariyalur-proud/article3364045.ece|accessdate=16 August 2015|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Career==
She has been working with the ISRO since 1984 and involved in any missions including Insat 2A, IRS IC, IRS ID, TES.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet: The woman behind Risat-1|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/national/meet-the-woman-behind-risat1-21431.html|accessdate=16 August 2015|newspaper=India Times}}</ref> She became project director of India's first indigenously-developed Radar Imaging Satellite [[RISAT-1]], which was launched successfully on 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kalam award for ISRO scientist|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kalam-award-for-isro-scientist/article7545223.ece|accessdate=16 August 2015|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> She is the second woman scientist of [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (Isro) to head a project after [[Anuradha TK]], project director of the [[GSAT-12]] mission in 2011.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

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