Tessy Thomas

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Tessy Thomas (2016)

Tessy Thomas (born April 1963 in Alappuzha ) is an Indian scientist and director general of the space department of the research organization of the Indian military DRDO .

youth

Tessy Thomas was born in April 1963 in Alappuzha in the southern Indian state of Kerala as the daughter of a Syrian-Christian family. She was named Tessy after Mother Teresa . The information about the professional activity of her father is contradictory, so he is said to have been an official of the Indian forest authority, small business owner or auditor. When Thomas was 13 years old, her father suffered a stroke that resulted in right hemiplegia. Her mother, who was actually a teacher, had to stay at home in this difficult situation to take care of the family.

Thomas grew up near the Indian space base "Thumba Rocket Launching Station" and later reported that this was where her fascination with rockets and missiles began.

Thomas has four sisters and one brother. In interviews she emphasized how important it was to her parents that their children received a good education. They always encouraged their six children to choose professions in which they could excel based on their own interests. Two of her siblings became engineers, one an economist.

Thomas blamed her hometown and her mother for her successful life: “I grew up with the great canals of Kerala as my territory. I suppose nature gives you strength and good thoughts. The power of nature cannot be without its influence on one's own development. ” About her mother, she said, “ It must have been very hard for her that she was not allowed to work because she had to take care of us. So she made sure that her five daughters and her son got a good education ... I have certainly inherited her strong will. I am as persistent and determined as my mother. "

education

Tessy Thomas attended St. Michael's Higher Secondary School and St. Joseph's Girl's Higher Secondary School in Alappzuha. She had a natural approach to math and physics. In the exams during the 11th and 12th grades, she achieved more than 95% in the natural sciences and always the highest possible number of points in mathematics.

She took out a monthly educational loan from the State Bank of India to begin her engineering studies at Government Engineering College in Thrissur . In addition, as one of the 10 best of the year, she received a scholarship that covered the tuition fees. This made it possible for her to live in a student dormitory during her Bachelor of Technology studies .

She earned a Master of Technology on guided missiles from the Institute of Armament Technology (today: Defense Institute of Advanced Technology ) in Pune . This was followed by a master’s degree in business administration in organization management and a Ph.D. back to guided missiles at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

During her school and college years, Thomas also took part in events outside of her department, including political topics. She achieved outstanding sporting success for her university, especially in badminton .

Career

In 1988 she got a job at the DRDO in the department for the development of a new generation of ballistic missiles under the project name Agni , for which she was led by the head of the missile program Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam , who later became President of India, was selected.

Tessy Thomas became deputy project director for the development of the Agni-III , a rocket with a range of 3000 km. In the construction of the Agni-IV , which was successfully tested in 2011, she was responsible as project director. In 2009 Tessy Thomas was also entrusted with the Agni-V project , a medium-range missile with a range of 5000 km. The missile was successfully tested on April 19, 2012. In 2018 she became the first woman General Director of the DRDO's space department.

She is a member of many prestigious academic bodies such as the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) and the Tata Administrative Service (TAS).

Private life

She is married to Saroj Kumar, a commander in the Indian Navy . They have a son named Tejas.

Honors

Tessi Thomas received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award in 2012 for her contribution to India's independence in the field of missile technology .

Publications

Web links

Commons : Tessy Thomas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Source references

  1. ↑ a b M Somasekhar: Tessy Thomas elevated as DG Aero of DRDO (en) . In: The Hindu Business Line , May 29, 2018. 
  2. ↑ Profile of Dr.Tessy Thomas
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g 'We watched breathlessly, praying for inner strength as the missile took off' . In: The Telegraph . 
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9tM3G2AGs Tejasvini: Interaction with Tessy Thomas, The Missile Women of India from October 9, 2016
  5. ↑ India's Missile Woman: Tessy Thomas (en) . In: India Today , April 28, 2012. 
  6. ^ The 'missile woman' behind India's new ICBM . In: BBC News , April 20, 2012. 
  7. ↑ a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ7jsY2N-i8 Atul Vidyalaya: Speech - Agni Putri - Dr Tessy Thomas, Missile Woman of India January 4, 2016
  8. ↑ Pallav Bagla: The 'missile woman' behind India's new ICBM . BBC Online . Retrieved April 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvpvV13o9M INDIA SCIENCE NEWS ISN: Tessy Thomas , February 9, 2013
  10. ↑ a b Tessy Thomas - The First Indian Woman Scientist to Head a Missile Project in India (English) . In: Be An Inspirer , December 22, 2016. 
  11. ↑ Dr. Tessy Thomas (English) . 
  12. ↑ In Love With Rocket Science: The Story of Tessy Thomas, India's Missile Woman (English) . In: The Better India , November 30, 2017. 
  13. ↑ Smt. Tessy Thomas is first woman scientist to head missile project , April 22nd, 2012 ( Memento of the original from April 22nd, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stateofkerala.in
  14. ^ 'Agni Putri' Tessy Thomas breaks glass ceiling
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130917090903/http://www.iwsa.net/BullJan09final.pdf Meet India's "Missile Woman" , September 2008
  16. ↑ Scientist honored for work on Agni missile tech . Retrieved October 2, 2012. 
  17. ^ 'Missile woman' Tessy Thomas conferred Shastri award . October 2, 2012. 
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Tessy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian scientist and space manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Alappuzha