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The Missile Woman of India
Tessy Thomas: The Agni Story
She aimed beyond the sky — and changed India's defence forever.
Format
Hardcover
Pages
336
Language
English
Release
2026
Editorial Note
The complete life of Tessy Thomas — India's first woman scientist to head a missile project, and the woman Dr. Kalam himself called 'Agniputri'.
§ Synopsis
Inside the book.
Long before India's newspapers noticed, Tessy Thomas was already running the Agni-IV programme. She was the first Indian woman to head a strategic missile project, the first to be Project Director of an Agni missile launch, and — to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam — his 'Agniputri'.
The Missile Woman of India is the first full-length biography of a scientist whose career shaped Indian strategic doctrine. Built on DRDO archives, cabinet-cleared interviews, and the family papers of the Thomas family, it is at once a life, a laboratory, and a country's rising range.
§ Table of Contents
Chapters.
- 01Prelude — Agniputri
- 02Book I — Alappuzha to Pune
- 03Book II — DRDO
- 04Book III — Agni-II, III, IV, V
- 05Book IV — The Woman at the Console
- 06Book V — Legacy
- 07Coda — Beyond the Sky
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§ Press & Reviews
The critics say.
“The strategic biography Indian defence writing has needed.”
— India Strategic
“Rigorous, respectful, and long overdue.”
— The Print — Defence
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