Nigar Shaji is an Indian aerospace engineer who works at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s national space agency.

Nigar Shaji joined ISRO in 1987 as part of the U R Rao Satellite Centre. She has worked on multiple satellite programmes, including serving as study director for India’s proposed mission to Venus, which she spoke about in 2012. She was the Associate Project Director of Resourcesat-2A. As of 2023, she is the project director of Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, which launched successfully on 2 September 2023.

In 2023, Times Now recognized Shaji and P Veeramuthuvel for their “contributions to India’s space endeavors”, and she was given the ‘Eve of Excellence’ honor by Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College.