Rajeswari Chatterjee wanted to pursue a PhD in the US, no small dream at the time. Every time she met a hurdle in the path, she merely shifted course, never straying from her goal.
Addressing the gender bias in the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes is not just a matter of fairness; it is about recognising and fostering talent regardless of gender.
WHO's first chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan learned to deal with a room full of high-income nations. But her work as the chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation is just getting started.
Junior Education Minister Subhas Sarkar highlighted in Rajya Sabha Wednesday the many government schemes & scholarships that have attracted girl students in higher and technical education.
With an eye on implementing e-mobility, she has contributed to govt's Mobility Mission Concept Note & CSIR-CECRI's Technical Report on National Mission for Electric Mobility.
Women scientists have played a pivotal role in shaping India's response to Covid-19. But they have been busting myths about girls being 'more suitable to study humanities' since much before.
The male-skewed STEM job market makes Indian parents educate their daughters in scientific fields not to increase their labour market value, but their marriage market value.
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020, here is a list of contemporary women pioneers in the field ThePrint has profiled over the last two years.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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