On the occasion of National Science Day yesterday, Government has announced 11 chairs in the name of eminent Indian women scientists in various fields to inspire, encourage, empower women and give due recognition to young women researchers excelling in various fields. 

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has announced several schemes for Women’s Empowerment and the proposal is in line with theme for this year’s National Science Day - ‘Women in Science’.

The 11 Chairs have been instituted in various areas of research including Agriculture, Biotechnology, Immunology, Phytomedicine, Biochemistry, Medicine, Social Sciences, Earth Science & Meteorology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics & Fundamental Research.

One of the chairs constituted is under the name of the noted anthropologist Dr IrawatiKarve.

Details are as following:

SN	Chair to be instituted in the name of	Fields with which the Scientist was associated
	Dr. Archana Sharma (1932-2008) Renowned cytogenetist	Agriculture and Allied Research
	Dr. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984) The Pioneering Botanist	Biotechnology
	Dr. Darshan Ranganathan (1941-2001) Organic Chemist	Immunology
	Dr. Ashima Chatterjee (1917-2006) Chemist Par Excellence	Organic Chemistry, Phytomedicine
	Dr. KadambiniGanguly(1861-1923) A doctor who broke the muth	Medicine
	Dr IrawatiKarve (1905-1970) Studying Humans	Anthropology
	Dr. Anna Mani (1918-2001) Pioneer Indian Meterologist	Meteorology
	Dr. Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922-2010) First Woman engineer from the State of Karnataka	Engineering
	Dr. Raman Parimala (b.1948) Mathematician (Bhatnagar Award, 1987)	Mathematics
	Bibhachowdhuri (1913-1991)	Physics
	Kamal Ranadive (8 November 1917-2001) (medicine)	Biomedical Research

 

***

KSD/MM

(Release ID: 1604744) Visitor Counter : 1152