Minal Rohit

  • Minal Rohit is an Indian Scientist and Systems Engineer in the Indian Space Organization (ISRO).She helped in sending the Mangalyaan space probe to Mars.
  • She started her career as a Satellite Communication Engineer at ISRO and went to work for the Space Application. She was one among the 500 scientists and engineers who worked on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).
  • She was a head engineer and Project Manager for Chandrayaan II.
  • Her primary work on that project involved improving Insat-3DS satellite to increase atmospheric data and quality received.
  • She received the ISRO young Scientist Merit Award 2013 for her contributions to the Telemedicine Programme.