Women in radio science: Working mother from India: Redefining traditions

Abstract

This time I am happy to introduce a young female scientist from India. I met Dr. Rashmi Joshi on one of my last conferences before retirement, the 14th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference at ESTEC in Noordwijk, Netherlands, in April 2016. This turned out to be Rashmi's first conference visit abroad. My colleague, Dr. Carol Norberg, and I had attended the conference to present our papers and learn about the latest advances within the areas of expertise of the other participants in preparation for teaching graduate school classes about the space environment around Earth. We were impressed by young Rashmi, who gave a very well prepared talk about spacecraft-charging research in India. She also presented several posters about solar panels and arc flashes.