She was also the first woman to be elected as the General President of the Indian Science Congress, a premier institution that oversees scientific research.
d as a venerable educator. she guided 20 Ph.D students while publishing over 100 research papers and seven books on Microwave Engineering and Antennas.
Kamala Sohonie took only 14 months to complete her thesis which consisted of just 40 pages.
She served as the Director-General of the BSI.
Indira Hinduja is an Indian gynecologist, obstetrician and infertility specialist based in Mumbai.
She pursued her PhD in Physiology in Marine Algae from the Westfield College in University of London.
In 2009 she was conferred Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in the field of chemical science.
she graduated with an MD on 11 March 1886; the topic of her thesis was "Obstetrics among the Aryan Hindoos".
A clinical scientist and researcher in microbiology, she is well-known for her inter-disciplinary research and work on the development and use of vaccines for prevention of enteric infections in India.
She is former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation.