Guwahati, May 21: Krishangi Kashyap brought laurels for Assam after she secured top rank at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore.

Krishangi secured the coveted IIT Topper award with an impressive score of 9.45 marks in her post-graduate examination in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Engineering.

Krishangi is a resident of Barpeta district of Assam. She has been a very bright student since her childhood. Krishangi previously earned distinction in physics from Bhattadeva University in Pathshala, before enrolling on her post-graduate studies at IIT Indore in 2022.

Krishangi was selected to represent India at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 55) 2024 organized by NASA in Texas, USA, a testament to her exceptional research capabilities.

Her research, titled “Surface and Subsurface Regolith Characterization of Lunar South Pole using Chandrayaan-2 Dual-Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR),” focuses on the south pole of the moon.

Krishangi’s father Hitesh Sharma said, “we are proud of our daughter because she makes us proud. From her childhood, she was a very bright student. She is also investigating the location of water on the lunar surface,”.

Her goal is to become a space scientist, a dream she is steadily turning into reality.

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