# Connect with IISc

**Source**: https://connect.iisc.ac.in/tag/caos/
**Parent**: https://connect.iisc.ac.in/tag/department-of-aerospace-engineering/

K Nagarathna joined IISc in June 1977 at the age of 23. She was the only daughter of her parents, with five brothers who studied science and engineering. Nagarathna dreamed of joining the Institute ever since one of her brothers pointed out to her IISc’s ‘tower’ on the horizon from a temple in Basavanagudi. […]