Showing posts with label Doctor. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Who was the first women to receive a Doctorate of Science in INDIA?

Asima Chatterjee was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Science in India and her work
involved many breakthroughs in medicine.
Chatterjee was also given high honors in India. She received the Padma Bhushan, which is the third-highest award a civilian can receive in India. She was also appointed as a member of the upper house of Parliament. She continued her work with chemistry by founding and heading the chemistry department for Lady Brabourne College, starting a research institute and mentoring others.

Her Contributions: her work contributed to the development of treatments for epilepsy, malaria and chemotherapy *

Chatterjee died on Nov. 22nd, 20016. 



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Sources: *http://time.com/4954667/google-doodle-september-23-asima-chatterjee/

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