“Khushboo Mirza, an alumna of Aligarh Muslim University has been promoted as a director at the ISRO. She is only the second Indian Muslim after former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Jun 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
While it is true that Khushboo Mirza is part of the ISRO’s Chandrayaan missions 1 & 2, she is not promoted to the rank of director at the ISRO. Khushboo Mirza categorically rejected the claim that she has been promoted to the director rank in ISRO
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 June 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 June 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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