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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Nigar Shaji<br />
| birth_place = [[Sengottai]], [[Tenkasi district|Tenkasi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| education = MTech in Electronics<br />
| alma_mater = [[Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra]]<br />
| occupation = Project director [[Aditya-L1]]<br />
| organization = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]<br />
[[U R Rao Satellite Centre]]<br />
[[ISRO]]<br />
| known_for = Project director [[Aditya-L1]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nigar Shaji '''([[Tamil]]: நிகர் ஷாஜி) is an Indian space scientist who works at [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO), India's national space agency. She is the project director of [[Aditya-L1]], India's first solar mission, which launched successfully on 2 September 2023 at 11:50am ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Meet Nigar Shaji, a woman ISRO scientist who helmed Aditya-L1 mission |website=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/science/adityas-tenkasi-connection-in-indias-maiden-solar-mission/amp_articleshow/103308500.cms?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM=#amp_tf=From%20%251$s&aoh=16936684620776&referrer=https://www.google.com&ampshare=https://m.economictimes.com/news/science/adityas-tenkasi-connection-in-indias-maiden-solar-mission/articleshow/103308500.cms |access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Meet Nigar Shaji, The Project Director Of India's First Sun Mission: 5 Points |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/5-points-about-nigar-shaji-project-director-of-india-s-maiden-solar-mission-4352495 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Meet Nigar Shaji from TN's Tenkasi, Aditya-L1 mission project director |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/sep/02/meet-nigar-shaji-from-tns-tenkasi-aditya-l1-mission-project-director-2610872.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM=#amp_tf=From%20%251$s&aoh=16936684620776&referrer=https://www.google.com&ampshare=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/sep/02/meet-nigar-shaji-from-tns-tenkasi-aditya-l1-mission-project-director-2610872.html |access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISROs Aditya-L1 Solar Mission: Nigar Shaji Addresses After Successful Launch Of First Sun Mission |url=https://zeenews.india.com/video/news/isros-aditya-l1-solar-mission-nigar-shaji-addresses-after-successful-launch-of-first-sun-mission-2656810.html |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Meet The Project Director Of Ambitious Mission Aditya-L1{{!}} Nigar Shaji from Tamil Nadu |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/times-now/india/meet-the-project-director-of-ambitious-mission-aditya-l1-nigar-shaji-from-tamil-nadu-video-103302519 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Shaji was raised in [[Sengottai]],<ref name=":1" /> in the [[Tenkasi district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=":0" /> She received an English-based education at Sengottai government higher secondary school.<ref name=":1" /> She attended [[Madurai Kamaraj University]], where she earned an engineering degree in electronics and communications, and went on to earn a master's degree in electronics from [[Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Shaji joined [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO) in 1987 as part of the [[U R Rao Satellite Centre]].<ref name=":0" /> She has worked on multiple [[satellite]] programmes, and was the Associate Project Director of [[Resourcesat-2A]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=lallanpost |date=2023-09-02 |title=इसरो की एक महिला वैज्ञानिक निगार शाजी ने आदित्य-एल1 मिशन का नेतृत्व किया है. |url=https://lallanpost.com/nigar-shaji-a-woman-isro-scientist-helmed-aditya-l1-mission/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Lallanpost |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Shaji lives in [[Bangalore]] with her mother and daughter.<ref name=":0" /> Her husband works in [[Dubai]], and her son is a scientist in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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