Prof Rohini Godbole, a Padma Shri awardee, is best known for her work at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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Rocket scientist at ISRO, Nandini Harinath has worked on 14 missions including the Mangalyaan mission. Her science journey started with the cult television series Star Trek.
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Indian-origin Vinita Marwaha Madill, is a British Space Operations engineer and science communicator. She founded the platform Rocket Women, which uses stories and interviews to encourage women to study STEM.
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A structural biologist, Onisha Patel's looking to generate a cure for many cancers including breasts by investigating how proteins work inside human bodies
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Recipient of the Dr Kalpana Chawla State Award for Women Scientists 2011, Prof Sharada Srinivasan is a renowned archaeologist who specialises in the scientific study of art, archaeology, archaeometallurgy, and culture.
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Dr Indira Hinduja is an acclaimed Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist, who pioneered India's first Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) baby and delivered India's s first test tube baby.
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Dr. Devika Kamath is an Astrophysicist and Lecturer in Astronomy & Astrophysics at Macquarie University. She is internationally recognised for her work on observational studies of dying stars and their implications on the origin of elements in the Universe.
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Aditi Pant is an Indian oceanographer and was a part of the Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983, becoming the first Indian woman to visit Antarctica.
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Asha Rao is an associate professor and an expert in information security. Part of her research interests include the mathematics underpinning quantum cryptography; coding theory; and risk management.
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the first female of Indian origin to go to space, was known to fly the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities and institutions have been named in her honor.
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