"De died in 1985 unhonoured and unsung in India's scientific circles. That our Academies did not see it fit to elect him to their Fellowships must rank as one of the most glaring omissions of our time."
Neither does the name of Bibha Chowdhuri surface in any of the repositories on Indian women in science, nor is she mentioned even once amongst various lists of women pioneers in the history of Indian science.
At a time when India is battling a brain drain epidemic, here are some ambitious global projects that hold a world of promise for Indian scientists and are giving them a much-needed boost.