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| known_for = Long Career at ISRO <br> Female Engineer<br />
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'''B. Codanayaguy''' is an Electronics & Instrumentation Engineer at the [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO.]] She is responsible for the instrumentation of control systems for the solid rocket motors used in rocket launches. She was given the highest award for women in India, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]], at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Presidential Palace]] in 2017.<br />
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==Early years==<br />
Codanayaguy is from [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] in India.<ref name=three/> She decided to be an engineer after being inspired by the first space launches of India. She graduated from the [[Government College of Technology, Coimbatore]]<ref name=dc/> and her first job was helping the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] in 1984.<ref name=dc>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/260217/indias-rocket-women.html|title=India's rocket women|last=Srikanth|first=Manoj Joshi and B. R.|date=2017-02-26|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> There, she worked on the [[Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle]] project.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
She became the Group Head of the Quality Division looking after Electronics, Instrumentation & Control Systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upscsuccess.com/nari-shakti-puraskar-2016/|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016|last=admin|date=2017-03-10|website=UPSCSuccess|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref> at the [[Sriharikota Range|Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] where fuel and igniters were tested.<br />
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After thirty years working at [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]], Codanayaguy and her team began working on the solid rocket motors in the [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] during the [[PSLV C37]] mission,<ref name=three/> which successfully placed 104 satellites in [[Sun-synchronous orbit]]s on February 15, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-satellite|title=PSLV-C37 / Cartosat −2 Series Satellite – ISRO|website=www.isro.gov.in|access-date=2020-04-06|archive-date=2019-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211145536/https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-satellite|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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She has commented that she was able to express herself freely at work and there was never any issues of sexism.<ref name=dc/><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
In March 2017, she was one of three scientists chosen to receive an award from the Indian President which included [[Subha Varier]], [[Anatta Sonney]] and Codanayaguy.<ref name="three">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/international-womens-day-unsung-sheroes-nari-shakti-puraskaar-women-and-child-development-ministry-964482-2017-03-08|title=International Women's Day: 33 unsung sheroes to be awarded Nari Shakti Puraskaar|date=March 8, 2017|first=Arpan|last=Rai|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref><br />
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On [[International Women's Day]] in 2017, she was in [[New Delhi]] where they were awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcd.nic.in/nari-shakti-awardees-ms-b-codanayaguy-puducherry|title=Nari Shakti Awardees- {{!}} Ministry of Women & Child Development {{!}} GoI|website=wcd.nic.in|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref><br />
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