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Rajeshwari Chatterjee was born on 24 January 1922 in Karnataka. She had her primary education in a "special English school" founded by her grandmother, Kamalamma Dasappa, one of the first women graduates from Mysore and who was very active in the field of education, especially for widows and deserted wives. [3]
During his visit, he spoke about the need for industry and subsequently, the need for male and female engineers following Britain's 200 year rule in India. [2] Gupta enrolled in engineering college and became the first female admitted for engineering at that school. [2] As the first female engineering student, she faced many challenges.
Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy in 1943 with a degree in electrical engineering, becoming India's first woman engineer, going on to have a long and successful career. She studied alongside P.K. Thressia and Leelamma Koshie (née George) making them first women engineering students in India. [78]
Engineering. Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Karnataka's first female engineer [3] S. S. Murthy, Electrical engineer, Samaira Hullur Aircraft pilot, youngest female aviator [4] [5] [6] Economics. N. S. Subba Rao
Sudha Murty began her professional career in computer science and engineering. She is a member of the public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She has founded several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the movement to provide all Karnataka government schools with computer and library ...
According to Prajavani, a Kannada language newspaper, he is also the most popular figure in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Visvesvaraya worked as a civil engineer for the government of British India and later as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Mysore. For his services to British India, he was appointed CIE [6] and later knighted KCIE. [7]
Leelamma Koshie (30 March 1923 - 1989, née Leelamma George) [1] was a pioneering female Indian civil engineer. She was one of the group of three women who were the first women engineers in India, with Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha and P. K. Thressia. [2] They qualified at College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) in 1944. [3]
In 1953 the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) of London elected her to be an associate member, and promoted her to full member in 1966. [4] Lalitha was the only female engineer from India to have attended the First International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientist (ICWES) in New York in 1964. [5] [3]