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{{short description|Indian spaceship designer and space entrepreneur}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Susmita Mohanty
| image = File:Dr. Susmita Mohanty.jpg
| caption = Dr. Susmita Mohanty in 2018
| birth_date = 1971
| birth_place = [[Cuttack, Odisha]], India
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Gujarat University]] <br> [[International Space University]] <br> [[Lund Institute of Technology]]
| occupation = Space entrepreneur, spaceship designer, activist
| known_for = first space entrepreneur in the world to build three companies on three separate continents
| spouse =
| relatives = [[Nilamani Mohanty]] (father)
}}

[[Doctorate|Dr.]] '''Susmita Mohanty''' (born 1971) is an Indian spaceship designer, serial space entrepreneur and a climate action advocate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://creativedisturbance.org/voice/dr-susmita-mohanty/|title=Dr. Susmita Mohanty – Creative Disturbance|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> She is well known for her research on space related topics. She co-founded India's first private space start-up, Earth2Orbit in 2009.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.themoonwalker.in/bio.php|title=The MOONWALKER {{!}} Dr. Susmita MOHANTY|website=www.themoonwalker.in|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> She is the only space entrepreneur in the world to have started companies on three different continents in Asia, Europe and North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/susmita-mohanty/|title=Susmita Mohanty|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> Susmita is one of the few people to have visited both the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://outstandingspeakersbureau.in/Speakers/susmita-mohanty/|title=Dr. Susmita Mohanty – TOSB|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

== Biography ==
She was born in [[Cuttack]] and was raised up in [[Ahmedabad]]. She was highly influenced to venture into space research by her father Nilamani Mohanty who was a former [[ISRO]] scientist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://businessworld.in/article/We-Need-To-Think-About-Planetary-ROI-Dr-Susmita-Mohanty-/18-10-2019-177758|title=We Need To Think About Planetary ROI: Dr Susmita Mohanty|last=Bureau|first=BW Online|website=BW Businessworld|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

== Career ==
She completed her bachelor's degree in [[Electrical engineering]] from [[Gujarat University]] and master's degree in [[Industrial Design]] from the [[National Institute of Design]] in [[Ahmedabad]]. She also completed Masters in Space studies from the [[International Space University]] in [[Strasbourg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/fyi/susmita-mohanty-space-designer-bbc-100-influential-women-556904|title=Meet Susmita Mohanty, space designer who features in BBC's annual 100 most influential women|last=Panda|first=Sushmita|date=2019-10-16|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

She co-founded Moonfront, an aerospace consulting firm based in [[San Francisco]] in 2001, which marked her entry into space entrepreneurship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/300548|title=India's Space Woman Started Her Journey Long Before the Industry Took Shape|last=Ghosh|first=Agamoni|date=2017-09-20|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> She also co-founded Liquifer System Group (LSG), an aerospace architecture and design firm in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] in 2004. She also served as one of the prominent members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace Architecture for over a period of ten years while she was residing in [[California]]. In 2005, she was conferred with the International Achievement Award for promoting international cooperation. She was included in the elite list of 25 Indians to Watch by the ''[[Financial Times]]'' magazine in 2012 and also featured on the front cover page of ''Fortune'' magazine in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/susmita-mohanty/|title=Susmita Mohanty - Keynote Speaker|website=London Speaker Bureau|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

She was nominated to the [[World Economic Forum]]'s Global Future Council for Space Technologies for a period of three consecutive years from 2016 to 2019.<ref name=":0" /> She was included in the [[BBC]]'s list of [[100 Women (BBC)|100 inspiring and influential women from around the world]] for 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-50042279|title=BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list?|date=2019-10-16|access-date=2019-11-30|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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