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History of Scientific Women
Kamala SOHONIE
20th century
Fields:Biology, Biochemistry
Born: 1912 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh (India)
Death: 1998 in New Delhi (India)
Main achievements: First Indian woman to get a Ph.D in a scientific discipline in a British university.
Kamala Sohonie (née Bhagvat) was an Indian biochemist.
She was the first Indian woman to get a Ph.D in a scientific discipline.
Kamala Sohonie was born in 1912 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her father, Narayanarao Bhagvat, was a chemist.
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Kamala graduated in 1933 with a B.Sc degree in chemistry (principal) and physics (subsidiary) from Bombay University. She then applied to the Indian Institute of Science for a research fellowship, but her application was turned down by the then Director Prof.
C V Raman on the grounds that women were not competent enough to pursue research. After some persuasion, she was granted admission at the IISc, the first woman to be admitted, on the condition th