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Another daughter of India on the path of Kalpana Chawla, Sirisha Bandla will go on a journey to space

Virgin Galactic owner and famous industrialist Richard Brenson is going to space
Richard will leave on July 11 and is accompanied by India-born Sirisha Bandla.
India-born Sirisha is the second woman to embark on a dangerous journey into space


Richard Brenson, the owner of Virgin Galactic and the famous industrialist, is going for a space walk. Richard will leave for space on July 11. During this, India-born Sirisha Bandla is also going with her. Sirisha Bandla is an officer in government affairs and research at Virgin Galactic Company. 5 other passengers are going on a space journey with Richard. India-born Sirisha is the second woman to embark on a dangerous journey into space.


Risha Bandla hails from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Sirisha Bandla will be the second Indian-origin woman to travel to space. Earlier Kalpana Chawla went to space and unfortunately she died in the accident of Space Shuttle Columbia. Sirisha Bandla joined Virgin in the year 2015 and after that she has not looked back.
Sirisha is the second Indian-born woman to go into space.


Sirisha Bandla also oversees Virgin Orbit’s Washington operations. The same company recently launched a satellite into space with the help of Boeing 747 plane. He has an MBA from Georgetown University. Rama Rao, a relative of Sirisha, said, “Certainly the best thing would be that she is going to space with Richard. We are proud of that. We wish him a safe journey.

‘Of course the best thing that would happen is going to space with Richard. We are proud of that. We wish him a safe journey.
Brenson’s company announced Thursday evening that its next space flight would take place on July 11 and six people, including its founder, would be part of that flight. The spacecraft will take off from New Mexico in which all the crew members will be employees of the company. This will be Virgin Galactic’s fourth flight to space. A few hours before this news, Bezos’s company Blue Origin said that Bezos will go to space on July 20 and will be accompanied by a leading lady of the aerospace world who has waited 60 years to go there.

Increasing role of women in leading scientific research
Women’s participation as a leader in science is on the rise. A recent government report states that as per the two recently released Directory of Extramural Research and Development (R&D) projects or Directory of External R&D Projects 2018-19 report by the government, external research support ( The participation of women principal investigators (PIs) in research that received support through a peer-reviewed competitive grant mechanism increased from 24% during 2016-17 to 28% during 2018-19.


The report also revealed that external R&D support or R&D support through peer-reviewed competitive grant mechanism by the central government was Rs 2091.04 crore in 2018-19, compared to Rs 2036.32 crore in 2017-18 — In this way it has increased by Rs 54.72 crore as compared to the previous year. The number of supported projects has increased, as has the number of PIs. During 2018-19, 3,839 PIs participated in 4,616 projects, as compared to 3,491 PIs participated in 4,137 projects in 2017-18.

Of this assistance, 64 per cent of the projects went to eight states, which include Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. These projects accounted for 71% of the total funding.
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