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Journey of A Scientist

Whom Even the Stars Remember

Bibha Chowdhuri

I ndia is never without her successes. Be it actively demanding change on both

any field - medicine, science, linguistics,
the political and societal front, she was
economics, mathematics, missiles or
third eldest of five siblings, she
astronomy - her children have mastered destined to achieve great heights. The
every single one of them. We all know finished her schooling from the
about Aryabhatta’s Zero, about C.V. Bethune School in Kolkata. Her B.Sc. in
Raman’s achievements in Physics, Physics with honors was from the
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s outstanding college which boasted of alumni to the
contributions to missiles, Ramanujan’s likes of Swami Vivekanand and Netaji
mathematical abilities, Vikram Subhash Chandra Bose - the Scottish
Sarabhai’s endeavors with space and Homi Church College.
Bhabha’s role in the development of
quantum theory. But how many When she finished her M.Sc from the
female scientists can you name? Rajabazar Science College, she was the
only woman graduating.
Many women scientists have given
incredible contributions to various She approached a relative
fields of research - Dr. Iravati Karve to on her mother’s side to
Anthropology, Dr. Asmita Chatterjee to continue with her
Chemistry, Dr. Anna Mani to Meteorology, research work,
Dr. Raman Parimala to Mathematics who made her
are just several names among many his fellow and
others. put her on a
project
Today we learn about one of them - observing
a woman born in the middle of the subatomic
freedom revolution who rose to particles.
achieve heights impossible for any T h e
woman of her time - Dr. Bibha Chowd- relat ive
huri. was D.M.
Bose, the
She was born on 3rd July 1913 to a director of
family full of learned men and women the Bose
- her father and uncle were doctors, Institute.
and other family members part of the
Brahmo Samaj. With her entire family

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