KAMALA SOHONIE - MODERN INDIA
News: Google
doodle honours Kamala Sohonie: How she made CV Raman change his stance on women
in science institutions
What's in the news?
● The
Google Doodle honoured scientist Kamala Sohonie on her 112th birth anniversary.
Key takeaways:
● Sohonie’s
path was far from easy. She had to face hurdles of gender bias within the
scientific community, including from Nobel laureate CV Raman.
Kamala Sohonie:
● Kamala
Sohonie was the first Indian woman to
get a PhD degree in a scientific discipline.
● She
went on to win the Rashtrapati Award for
her work on Neera, a palm extract that could fight malnutrition among
children from tribal communities in India.
● She
served as head of the Department of Biochemistry at Lady Hardinge College, New
Delhi.
● Apart
from her academic work, Kamala Sohonie was among the founding members of
consumer protection body Consumer Guidance Society.