My name is Aathira Preetharani.
In 2022, I was admitted by the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences.
Several articles and videos published or circulated between 2022 and 2025 described the opportunity as a NASA selection. That description is inaccurate. The admitting organization was the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences.
I spoke with media outlets about the opportunity at the time, but the published coverage did not accurately reflect the institution responsible for the admission.
This page is provided to clarify the institutional attribution of that opportunity.
Name variants in prior coverage: Some prior media coverage has referred to Aathira Preetharani using variant spellings, including "Aathira Preetha Rani” and “Aathira Preetha Rahi."