Thirty-year-old Dr. Anshu Kumari, who misplaced her mom because of most cancers in 2008, has made Bihar proud after entering into National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the postdoctoral programme. She has been awarded this fellowship to work on a proposed space-based solar-dedicated mission.
Dr. Anshu is a resident of Raxaul city in East Champaran district and daughter of Chandrama Singh, a retired professor from Khemchand Tarachand College (KCTC). She accomplished her 12 th from Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya, Piprakothi, Motihari in 2008 and went to do her B. Tech from Rajasthan College of Engineering for Women (RCEW) in 2012.
“It is a proud moment for me that my daughter has been selected by NASA for the space programme. After the death of her mother, It was really difficult for me to look after my children. Only I know how much hard work Anshu has done for her career. I don’t have a son and I never regret this because if you have daughters like Anshu, you don’t need one. If her mother would have been alive, she would have been really happy. I pray that every father should get a daughter like Anshu,” Dr. Chandrama Singh advised The Hindu over telephone from Raxaul.
Dr. Chandrama was geology professor in KCTC school and retired in August 2022. Dr. Anshu is his youthful daughter .
After B. Tech in Electronics & Communications, Dr. Anshu certified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2013, and from 2014 to 2020 engaged herself in finishing M. Tech and built-in PhD. She did her PhD on the Gauribidanur Radio Observatory of the IIA, Bengaluru beneath the steerage of Prof. R Ramesh and Dr. C. Kathiravan on astronomical instrumentation and photo voltaic physics.
“She is probably the first girl from Bihar who has reached this level and made us feel proud not only of the State but the entire district of East Champaran and Siwan, our ancestor’s house. She has given a different identity to our State and I am sure that in days to come, he will be having a bright future,” Dr. Chandrama confused.
From January 2021 to December 2022, she labored as Postdoctoral researcher at University of Helsinki, Finland.
Dr. Anshu has additionally gained a number of younger scientist awards by reputed engineering institutes of the nation. She was awarded the Young scientist Award 2021 by Madhawi-Shyam Educational Trust, and the visiting scholar grant at Royal Observatory of Belgium in 2020. IIT Roorkee and IIT Indore have additionally given her younger scientist awards.
Dr. Anshu’s husband Dr Ashutosh Kumar Singh is a scientist at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) in Bengaluru.
While chatting with The Hindu over telephone from Washington DC , Dr. Anshu mentioned, “I have joined the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre (NASA GSFC) as a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow from 1st Feb 2023. I have been awarded this fellowship to work on a proposed space-based solar-dedicated mission. I specialise in designing ground-based radio instruments for solar observation and space weather monitoring. During the course of the next three years, I will be studying the sun and its activities, basically the solar eruptions.”
Asked concerning the assist of the household after the dying of her mom Sabita Kuma was additionally a block training officer in Raxaul, Dr. Anshu mentioned, “My family always supported me and never disturbed me during the academic activities. My father and my elder sister were like walls for me. I never thought that I would be getting the opportunity to work with NASA.”
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