Author, journalist and documentary filmmaker Minnie Vaid’s book, Those Magnificent Women and their Flying Machines: ISRO’S Mission to Mars was launched on Monday, March 25, by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.
The book traces the lives, struggles and accomplishments of Indian women scientists in ISRO who have taken the organisation from mission to mission.
Speaking to Quint Hindi, Minnie Vaid said, “My book is about ISRO women scientists who worked on the Mars mission and the other ISRO women scientists who worked on different ISRO missions.”
“All these women scientists are role models for future generations, especially for girls –especially those girls who are told science is not for them, which is completely wrong.”Minnie Vaid