15 January 2022 - Women Power in Science Part 2 (E)

In this special episode of Science for a Self Reliant India, we continue our series on Women Scientists of India and their contribution towards scientific research and as builders of institutions in post-independent India. These women were exceptional and are true role models for one and all. In this episode, we look at the lives of some more exceptional scientists. Dr. Kamala Sohonie was one of the first women to be admitted to the Indian Institute of Science with a condition that she would be on probation during the first year of her research as she was a woman. Sohonie went on to become the first Indian woman to be awarded a Ph.d. in a science discipline when she was awarded a doctorate from Cambridge University in 1939. Dr. Asima Chatterjee was a chemist who was awarded doctorate by Calcutta University in 1944, she had the distinction of becoming the first woman to be conferred a doctorate of science by an Indian University - she went on to successfully develop the anti-epileptic drug, Ayush-56 and the anti-malarial drug from locally available medicinal plants. Dr. Kamal Jaysing Ranadive was a pioneer in oncology or cancer research and contributed immensely in the fields of cell and molecular biology. Dr. Randivey completed her PhD from Bombay University in 1950. Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee was the first woman engineer from the state of Karnataka. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Michigan and returned to India to join the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at IISc and later become the chairperson of the Department of Electro-Communication Engineering (ECE) at the Institute. It is because of the determination and perseverance of these women scientists and many more that gender barriers were broken in educational and research institutions - which were earlier considered to be domains of men. This and much more in this episode of Science for a Self Reliant India. Only on India Science.

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