Kovai woman wins scientific forum award

1 week ago

International conference on gender and technology from January 16

The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Amritapuri campus, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, is organising an International Gender Tech Conference from January 16. The conference, hosted at the Amritapuri campus, will be inaugurated by Dr. Amandeep Gill, United Nations Tech Envoy and Under-Secretary-General. The four-day international conference will …

Technology Conference

3 weeks, 5 days ago

OU’s Prof. Satyanarayana to receive ISS lifetime achievement award

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Osmania University’s professor emeritus of sociology Prof. Gattu Satyanarayana has been nominated for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Sociological Society. The nomination recognises Prof. Satyanarayana’s exceptional contributions to sociology, education, and research over a career spanning more than 35 years. Satyanarayana is a prolific academic, having published 10 research books covering topics like agrarian crises, rural …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Top 10 Influential Women of the Year 2024 by The Indian Alert

Live Mint

PNN New Delhi, December 3: The Indian Alert is proud to present the Top 10 Influential Women of the Year 2024, co-powered by Digisharks Communications. Dr Anchal Gupta - founder and senior eye surgeon of Netram Eye Foundation: An exceptionally articulate eye surgeon, ace entrepreneur and a committed philanthropist, Dr Anchal Gupta at a very young age has a crystal …

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4 months ago

Shattering Stereotypes: Women Innovators Take Centre Stage at News18 SheShakti 2024

News 18

Indian women are breaking barriers across industries and making significant global strides, and News18 SheShakti 2024 celebrates these trailblazers under the theme ‘Breaking Barriers’. Expanding the focus from science to technology, Radhika Yuvraj Iyengar, India’s Country Director for Women in Tech Global, will discuss her initiatives to champion gender diversity in STEAM, aiming to empower 5 million women and girls …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Science council moots exclusive STEM for women researchers

The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology has proposed a STEM programme, exclusively for women scientists and student researchers. Called SHE STEM, it will offer grants to women researchers and scientists to enable them carry forward their research, said S. Vincent, member secretary of the council. Since 1993, when the council instituted the Tamil Nadu Scientists Award for …

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5 months, 1 week ago

33 named for country’s highest science honour

Hindustan Times

The team behind India’s maiden moon landing and a pioneering biochemist were among the 33 scientists honoured with India’s highest science awards announced by the government on Wednesday. The Vigyan Shri awardees include astrophysicist Annapurini Subramanian in space science, agriculture scientist Anandharamakrishnan C in agriculture, Avesh Kumar Tyagi in atomic energy, Umesh Varshney and Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar in biological sciences, …

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7 months ago

Scientist equates hard work with gaming

China Daily

Caring for female scientists As a child, Yan was captivated by the traditional Chinese mythical novel A Journey to the West, where the main character can transform into objects of any size. Yan's full list of role models is a long one and includes notable scientists Zhang Miman, Kuang Tingyun, Wang Zhizhen, Shi Yunyu, Shirley M. Tilghman, and many more. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Female biologist wins top award

China Daily

Yan Ning receives the 2024 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award for the Asia-Pacific region. Academician Yan Ning of the Chinese Academy of Sciences received the 2024 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award for the Asia-Pacific region at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on May 28. UNESCO said that as a leading authority in her field, "Yan inspires …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Female biologist wins top award

China Daily

Yan Ning receives the 2024 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award for the Asia-Pacific region. Academician Yan Ning of the Chinese Academy of Sciences received the 2024 L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award for the Asia-Pacific region at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on May 28. UNESCO said that as a leading authority in her field, "Yan inspires …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Researcher role model inspires inquisitive girls

China Daily

Chen Siyu, a professor from Lanzhou University, also a winner of the 19th China Young Female Scientist Award, with middle school girls after a talk about science at a school in Guanghe county, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province. These were the kinds of questions middle school girls asked Chen Siyu, recipient of the 19th China Young Female Scientist Award …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Viral phenomenon: A Wknd interview with former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan

Hindustan Times

What does it take to lead like a woman, in a heavily male-dominated field such as public health? There was also a lot of laughter, impromptu dinner plans, and getaways to the French Alps,” says Dr Swaminathan, 65. Amid pressure from vested interests and “booming threats of ‘Mantriji ko bolenge ’,” she was vindicated when the vaccine’s registration was suspended …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese scientist wins this year's laureate prize

China Daily

A Chinese scientist was awarded one of this year's laureates of the annual UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. Dr. Qiao Jie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the executive vice president of Peking University, received the prize on April 23 at a ceremony held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Qiao was awarded for …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Coimbatore-based retired professor empowers women with skill-based training programmes

The Hindu

The room is enveloped in the aroma of roasted millet flour. Saraswathy Eswaran, a retired professor at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, who runs the Trust, oversees the women at work. The 78-year-old shows us around another unit nearby, where women are involved in making goat milk soap. The women also make pickles, masala powders, instant millet mixes, millet biscuits, …

Women Saraswathy

9 months, 1 week ago

Life on Mars, the next big bet for Indian women scientists

The Hindu

India has a rich history of women scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of science. Dr. Thomas, also known as the Missile Woman of India, is the Director General of Aeronautical Systems, and the former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation, and Ms. Kalahasti was the Associate Project Director for Chandrayaan –3, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Top 10 Indian Influential Women to Look Out for This International Women's Day 2024

Hindustan Times

As we mark International Women's Day 2024, it's a time to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of women worldwide. Brown Rich Media presents the Top 10 Indian Influential Women, showcasing their inspiring journeys and impact across various domains. As the dynamic CEO of Kiara Education Solution Private Limited, Dr. Behl's visionary leadership has elevated the company into a global symbol of …

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11 months ago

‘Science researchers in India not lacking funding, but reliable fund flow’

The Hindu

On February 5, the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act came into effect. ANRF, which aims to be a research funding organisation and subsumed the very similar Science and Engineering Research Board established in 2008, is supposed to have a corpus of ₹50,000 Crores. The inadequate and insufficient funding for science and research has been a major hindrance to the scientific …

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11 months ago

Day of Women and Girls in Science: 5 Indian women scientists breaking barriers

India Today

India has a rich history of women scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of science. The 9th assembly will convene global leaders to discuss women's roles in achieving economic prosperity, social justice, and environmental integrity.Top of Form Here are five extraordinary women scientists who have made India proud with their innovative research and groundbreaking discoveries: 1. She …

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1 year ago

Modi govt's SERB-POWER scheme: Empowering women in STEM research

Op India

In the world of scientific research, gender inclusivity has long been a challenge, not only in India but worldwide. The Science and Engineering Research Board’s POWER Schemes under the Department of Science & Technology of the Government of India have become a beacon of change in this landscape. The initiatives launched in 2020 mark a significant milestone towards mitigating gender …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Gender gaps and gajras in women’s world of science

The Hindu

There is a tendency to see science as being above society, untouched by the regular society’s biases, points out independent science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, the co-author of Lab Hopping: A Journey to Find India’s Women In Science. “Because of that, they get away with a lot,” she says at a session titled Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India, one of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The gender gap: Only 16% of Indian STEM faculty members are women

Live Mint

Women make up only about 16% of Indian STEM faculty members in Indian universities and institutions, a new study, published in preprint repository bioRxiv, has revealed. The study, Women’s representation in Indian academia and conferences, published by scientists Shruti Muralidhar and Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan, highlights the dearth of women researchers in Indian academia. From microaggressions to harassment, there is a range …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Women can make the world better

The Hindu

Economic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasising the contributions of men and their viewpoints. Claudia Goldin was the third woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2023 for her work explaining why women earn less money than men even when they do the same work. Claudia Goldin was awarded for her work explaining why women …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Celebrate science, incentivise research

Hindustan Times

Since it first began to be handed out in 1958, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards have been the standard bearer for excellence in a raft of Indian scientific research. This year, too, the awards — announced after a year’s delay — honoured stellar work in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, engineering, and earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences. They covered …

1 year, 4 months ago

A two-day event in Coimbatore turns the spotlight on women achievers of Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

Eighty-three-year old R Muthukannamal is a picture of grace. A Padma Shri awardee, Muthukannamal is India’s last sadir dancer from Pudukottai, a seventh generation dancer having performed across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She is one of the awardees at the sixth edition of We Wonder Women Awards that honours women from across various fields presented by Kovai Wonder Woman Trust. …

India Women Tamil Nadu Coimbatore

1 year, 4 months ago

Self-reliance key to gender equality, says Dr Kiran Bedi

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: It is crucial to become a self-reliant woman in all aspects of life and be aware to make conscious choices, said India’s first woman IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi, former lieutenant governor of Puducherry, on Day 2 of the ‘Future Women Leaders Programme’ event held at the T-Hub. The first panel discussed ‘Women and leadership – challenges and the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The long, slow journey of Isro’s women scientists

Live Mint

During the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing, one of the most delightful sights, for me, was seeing many women at consoles in the control centre, focused and actively involved in one of Isro’s most prestigious launches. After the Vikram lander’s successful touchdown on the moon came another delightful sight—so many women engineers, scientists and administrative staff laughing and cheering, rejoicing in the …

India Women Mars Men Mission Isro Scientists

1 year, 4 months ago

Chandrayaan-3 success puts India’s ‘rocket women’ in the spotlight

The Hindu

Published : Aug 29, 2023 14:57 IST - 4 MINS READ On August 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with several female scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation to highlight the role women played in Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. Modi also decided to name Chandrayaan-3’s landing spot on the moon “Shiv Shakti”, a name derived from the concept of feminine …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Kangana Ranaut lauds Chandrayaan-3 scientists wearing ‘bindi, sindoor, mangalsutra’: Simple living, high thinking

Hindustan Times

Actor Kangana Ranaut has praised the 'leading scientists' of the Indian Space Research Organisation, who worked on the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Kangana wrote alongside their picture, "India's leading scientists, all of them with bindi, sindoor and mangalsutra. PM Modi talks about Chandrayaan-3, women power On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that Chandrayaan-3 is a living example of women power …

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1 year, 5 months ago

MSSRF’s research centre wins Women Connect Challenge award of Reliance Foundation and USAID

The Hindu

Five fisherwomen from Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore and Ramanathapuram districts and Puducherry’s Karaikal received tabs from Soumya Swaminathan, chairperson of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation during the launch of the Women Connect Challenge programme. The MSSRF’s Fish for All Research and Training Centre at Poompuhar is one of the seven winning proposals out of 260 applications to bag the “Women Connect Challenge” …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Sexism in science: review of Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj’s ‘Lab Hopping’

The Hindu

“Especially when women made it to higher levels, their gender marginalisation carried an extra burden of immaculacy, which, needless to say, men are exempt from.” The last four words of this sentence from the book Lab Hopping, are not “needless to say”; in fact, they bear repeating. Lab Hopping is the wisdom-dense new book by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Lessons from a life in mathematics for India’s women in science

Hindustan Times

I first met professor Mangala Narlikar in 1980 in the majestic colonnade of Mumbai’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Mangala was my introduction to Indian women in science. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} She wrote about finding her way back to science after coming back from Cambridge with her husband. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Mangala’s contributions to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

India’s first major gender in physics conference from July 10

The Hindu

July 05, 2023 09:56 am | Updated 11:30 am IST The eighth edition of the International Conference on Women In Physics will be the first to be organised in India when it happens next week on July 10-14. The office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, the three national science academies, the National Institute for Science Education and Research, and the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Coimbatore to host 59th annual meet of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

The Hindu

The 59th annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation will be held at the Kumaraguru Institutions in Coimbatore from July 2 to 6. According to ATBC, the conference aims at bringing early career professionals and experts from around the world towards science and conservation of tropical habitats. Ramesh Krishnamurthy of the Wildlife Institute of India, chairman of …

Kumaraguru Institutions

1 year, 7 months ago

Book Review: ‘Lab Hopping: A Journey to find India’s women in Science’ by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj

The Hindu

Published : Jun 02, 2023 15:51 IST - 10 MINS READ Some weeks before their Bengaluru-based science magazine would close, the writers of Lab Hopping, Ashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj, received a lunch invite from their company HR on March 8, 2015. Lab Hopping: A Journey to find India’s women in Science Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj Penguin/Viking Pages: 302 …

Science India Life Mars Indian Work Book

1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi: 106-year-old Kerala woman among awardees at DCW event

Hindustan Times

An acid-attack survivor from Kashmir, a 106-year-old woman from Kerala, who recently cleared her primary school exam, women drivers from the Delhi Transport Corporation, members of an all transpersons’ music band and a sibling-duo that thwarted a child marriage attempt were among those honoured by the Delhi Commission for Women for their contribution towards women empowerment during the International Women’s …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Women’s Day: Upasana Kamineni Konidela on women empowerment, healthcare and marriage with Ram Charan

Hindustan Times

To the outside world, it may seem like she’s born with a “diamond spoon”, but Upasana Kamineni Konidela neither takes her privileges lightly, nor for granted. On International Women’s Day 2023, HealthShots interacts with Upasana Kamineni Konidela about women empowerment, healthcare and leading a happy marriage. Upasana Kamineni Konidela: Running a house is tougher for me because I have a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

A problem of science at the Padma awards

The Hindu

Since the Government of India began conferring the Padma awards in 1955, the work of laureates in the ‘science and engineering’ category has most often been related to mechanical engineering, materials science, metallurgy, aeronautics, space science, agriculture, plant breeding, mathematics and theoretical physics. So, perhaps they should be rewarded under a category called ‘agriculture and seeds’, separate from ‘science and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

World Konkani Centre announces two new awards from this year

The Hindu

The World Konkani Centre, Shakthi Nagar, in Mangaluru has instituted two new awards from this year in the name of its chief patron. It has chosen Ajit Ganapat Shenvi Kerkar for the P. Dayananda Pai Vishwa Konkani Ranga Shreshta Puraskar 2022 considering his lifetime contribution to the field of theatre and their contribution to the cause of Konkani. Vidya Pai …

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2 years ago

BioAsia 2023 forum to discuss challenges & opportunities in Life Science post-COVID

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the critical need for industry, academia, governments, regulators, and other stakeholders in the ecosystem to intensify their collaboration for ensuring healthcare innovation at scale and delivery with equitable access. In this context, the 20th edition of BioAsia - the marquee healthcare and Life Sciences event, organized by the Government of Telangana, will …

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2 years ago

Narendra Modi Trusts Science to Deliver Solutions - News18

News 18

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2 years ago

From Space to Covid Lessons, PM Modi to Inaugurate Science Congress Today; Focus on Women Scientists

News 18

One of the largest annual gatherings of scientists and researchers from across the country — the Indian Science Congress — is all set to return after a two-year hiatus. The Indian Science Congress Association is also currently led by a woman scientist, Dr. Vijay Laxmi Saxena, who also happens to be only the second woman in the entire 100 years …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Three Indian-origin Women Scientists Selected as Australia's STEM Superstars: Report

News 18

Three Indian-origin women are among 60 scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians who have been selected as Australia’s Superstars of STEM, an initiative that aims to smash society’s gender assumptions about scientists and increase the public visibility of females and non-binary people, a media report said on Wednesday. Every year Science and Technology Australia, which is the country’s peak body in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Young neuroscientist Maitreyee makes India proud

Deccan Chronicle

The announcement of ‘Inspiring Women in Science’ awards came as a moment of pride for India as Maitreyee Wairagkar, a neuroscientist and neuroengineer who is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis was declared a runner-up. Kizzmekia Corbett, whose work led to the development of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, and the Tem Menina no Circuito initiative were …

India Proud Maitreyee Makes Young Neuroscientist

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2 years, 3 months ago

NRI Maitreyee Wairagkar nominated for Nature\'s â€˜Inspiring Women in Scienceâ€™ award

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Maitreyee Wairagkar, a neuroscientist and neuroengineer who is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Inspiring Women in Science’ award by the leading scientific journal ‘Nature’ in partnership with Estée Lauder. She is the only Indian on the list of early career women scientists whose works include developing vaccines for …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Talent and recognition: The Hindu Editorial on reducing number of science awards

The Hindu

The Centre has decided that awards, prizes and fellowships by various ministries and departments need a wholesale relook. India’s scientific ministries recently made presentations to the Union Home Secretary, Ajay Bhalla, on awards given to scientists at different stages of their career. Though a final call is yet to be taken, the quorum — and this consisted of the Secretaries, …

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2 years, 3 months ago

130 young women being trained for job sector under ‘Project Oorja’

The Hindu

A Hyderabad-based organisation is conducting activity-based camps at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women in Bengaluru in which 130 young women are being trained to develop skills to become a part of the job sector. The project aims to help build the capabilities of young women to map their interests and professional journeys, develop skills to negotiate with family and …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Sahodari Foundation to host a talk on gender and climate change in Coimbatore

The Hindu

Transwoman Karthiga ran a tea stall at Washermanpet in Chennai. The Sahodari Foundation, an organisation involved in transgender rights advocacy, hopes to kickstart a conversation on this issue, especially on how climate change affects transgender people. “Climate change and gender are interrelated,” says Kalki. “Excessive rains or floods triggered by climate change, for instance, tend to wash away slums near …

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2 years, 4 months ago

AP womenâ€™s panel to organise cultural event for women on Oct. 1

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: The AP Women’s Commission is to organise a cultural event, ‘Dasara Mahila Sadhikaratha Utsavam’ in Rajamahendravaram on October 1. Jagan Mohan Reddy and briefed him about the event and the CM reportedly expressed his happiness over it and called the women ministers, including R.K. Roja, Vidadala Rajani and K.V. She said they were going to organise the event at …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Janaki Ammal, the nomad scientist

The Hindu

Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal was the first Indian woman to be awarded a Ph.D in the botanical sciences. Janaki Ammal, a Life 1897-1984, by Savithri Preetha Nair, 57, will likely be the first expansive archive-based analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist. Nair first came across Janaki’s name among the list of members for the year 1932 of the Eugenics …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Anandibai Joshi, Anna Mani, Tessy Thomas — Remembering Prominent Women Scientists Of India

ABP News

India at 75: Indian women have achieved a multitude of milestones in different fields of science, including space, astrophysics, physics, medicine, neuroscience, and computer science, among others. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi was the first Indian female to study and graduate with a degree in western medicine from the United States, and is believed to be the first Indian …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Woman scientist rises with formula of success

China Daily

Wang and her research team pose for a photo at the institute. Right before the results of the COVID-19 antibody study came out, Wang suffered from neurological deafness, which led to temporary hearing loss in her left ear. "I seldom talk about work with my parents, but when I called my mom and said I was sick, she suddenly started …

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Kovai woman wins scientific forum award

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