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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is known as “Missile woman of India"?
A
Indra Gandhi
B
Tessy Thomas
C
Priyanaka Chopra
D
Nitu
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tessy Thomas received the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for her contribution for making India self-reliant in the field of missile technology. She was also the recipient of the Dr Thomas Cangan Leadership Award at the Faculty of Management Studies – Institute of Rural Management, Jaipur (FMS-IRM) in 2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tessy Thomas for the Agni Project. She was made the assistant project director of the Agni-III missile project and the project director of the Agni 4 missile project in 2011. She also worked as a project director for the Agni 5 missile in 2009. She was appointed the Director-General of DRDO in 2018.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tessy Thomas Joined IAT, Pune as a faculty member in Guided Missiles in the year 1986. She joined DRDL, Hyderabad in 1988. She was associated with Agni Programme right from its developmental flights. She has designed the guidance scheme for long range missile systems which is used in all Agni missiles.

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