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INDIAN WOMAN QUIZ
PART - 2
Who was the first indian women gynaecologist
(obstretrician and infertility specialist) who
delivered a test tube baby?
Dr. Indira hinduja
Who was presented the rashtrapati award for
the discovery of the health drink ‘neera’ which is
an important food for malnourished children ?
Kamala sohonie
Who was the first lady scientist elected as the
general president of the indian science congress
association in 1975 ?
Prof. Asima Chatterjee
Who was the indian molecular biologist who
organised the first laboratory course on
recombinant DNA techniques in asia ?
Dr. maharani chakravorthy
Who is known as the “missile woman of
india” ?
Tessy thomas
Who established the first woman lead
biotechnology company (biocon limited) in india
?
Kiran mazumdar shaw
Who was the first woman president of the
national academy of sciences, india ?
Dr. manju sharma
Name the indian woman scientist who
established india’s first animal tissue culture
research laboratory in 1960 at the indian cancer
research centre in mumbai ?
Dr. kamal Ranadive
Who were the first indian women to visit
the antartica ?
Sr. aditi pant and dr. sudipta sengupta
Who was the founder of “gene campaign”, an
organisation working on food, nutrition and
livelihoods to protect farmer’s rights ?
Dr. Suman sahai
Who was the first indian woman to travel
space ?
Kalpana Chawla
Name the renowned indian woman
cytogeneticist and writer of the famous text
book of cytology ‘chromosome techniques :
theory and practice ?
Prof. Archana sharma
Name the indian women scientist who was
behind the breakthrough discovery of “ the
technique of production of haploid plants
through anther culture ?
Prof. Shipra guha-mukherjee
Name the first indian woman who won the
‘L’oreal-Unesco award for the “women in
Science-Asia/Pacific Region” ?
Prof. Indira Nath
A QUIZ
COMPILED BY
AMITH A K
THANKS !