Sanjal Gavande hails from Kalyan, Maharashtra and have done Masters (Mech Eng) from Michigan Technological University, United States. (Image: News18 Creative)

She had worked as a design analyst with Mercury Marine at Wisconsin. Sanjal has been awarded Pilot of the Year 2021 by Orange County, California (local chapter of the International Organization of Women Pilots). (Image: News18 Creative)

She joined Blue Origin in April 2021 as a systems engineer, later became part of the New Shepard project. (Image: News18 Creative)

In Pics | Meet Maharashtra-born Sanjal Gavande who is part of Jeff Bezos’ rocket Blue Origin's team

Sanjal Gavande, who joined Blue Origin in April 2021 as a system engineer, later became part of the New Shepard project. Here are a few things to know about the Indian-born engineer who is part of Bezos’ Blue Origin’s engineer team.