Unlike in the older times, Indian women are leaving mark in every field in India and abroad. Be it science, technology, and space, women are everywhere. Many empowering women have contributed to the field of science and technology. Such women have become a symbol of empowerment for other women and have helped create a better India. Mad4India is proud of these empowering women. Today, in this article, we will focus on some great women achievers.
Dr. Indira Hinduja
Dr. Indira completed her Ph.D. degree from Mumbai University. Her Ph.D. topic was Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer. She is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician, and infertility specialist based in Mumbai.
The doctor developed an oocyte donation technique for menopausal and premature ovarian failure patients. On 6 August 1986, Dr. Indira became the first woman to deliver a test-tube baby. She pioneered the Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) technique that further resulted in the birth of India’s first GIFT baby on 4 January 1988.
In 1994, she was given the Bharat Nirman Award for Talented Ladies, and in 2011 she received the Padma Shri Award from the government of India. She has been an inspiration and has been empowering women through her example.
Muthayya Vanitha
Muthayya Vanitha is an electronics system engineer. She completed her engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy. She belongs from Chennai. She is the first woman to lead the interplanetary mission at ISRO. Also, she was the project director of Chandrayan-2. She has worked with ISRO for an extensive period and has been in charge of various interplanetary missions.
Initially, she started working at ISRO as a junior engineer and gradually rose from the ladder. Muthaaya Vanitha was the Deputy Project Director for several satellites including Megha-Tropiques, Cartosat-1, and Oceansat-2. She is also in charge of the Telemetry and Telecommand Divisions in the Digital Systems Group of ISRO Satellite Centre. Muthayya Vanitha is empowering women and inspiration for many other women.
Dr. Aditi Pant
Dr. Aditi Pant is the first Indian woman to visit Antarctica as a part of the Indian expedition to study Geology and Oceanography in 1983. She got inspired by Oceanography while she was pursuing a BSc at the University of Pune. Dr. Aditi Pant came across a book titled The Open Sea by Alister Hardy. She pursued her newfound interest. Dr. Aditi Pant received a US scholarship and went to the University of Hawaii to pursue MS in Marine Sciences. She completed her Ph.D. from the Westfield college in London on the physiology of marine algae.
Chandrima Shaha
Chandrima Shaha is an empowering women biologist. She became the first female president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). Earlier she was the vice-president of INSA from 2016 to 2018. Chandrima specializes in cell biology and carried out in-depth research on the Leishmania parasite that causes Kala Azar.
In 1992 she received the Shakuntala Amirchand Award followed by the Special Award for the 50th Anniversary of DNA Double Helix Discovery in 2003. She got it for significant contributions towards understanding Cell Death Processes in different Model Organisms. Chandrima Shaha is empowering women and inspiration for many other women.
Shuba Tole
She is an Indian neuroscientist. Shubha Tole completed her degree in Life Sciences from St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai. She went to the US to complete her post-graduation and Ph.D. degrees. Shuba currently works at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
She is well known for discovering a gene crucial to the proper formation of the Hippocampus, amygdala, and cortex of the brain. In 2010, Shuba received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. She also won the Infosys prize with an amount of 55 lakh rupees. She received it for her work done to explain the mechanisms and genes involved in the formation of the Hippocampus. She is empowering women and an inspiration for many women.
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