women scientists

Here's five Indian women in Science who broke stereotypes and shattered glass ceilings to walk among men so that others may run today.

Alka Zadkaonkar innovated a pollution-free technology in 2003 that converts plastic to fuel using de-polymerisation. With her husband, Dr Umesh, she discusses their technology, the challenges they faced along the way and how we can manage plastic waste better.

Fighting cancer and a conservative background to chase her scientist dreams, B Vijayalakshmi belonged to that rare community of people who develop new ways to sail if they cannot change the direction of the wind.

From Kaur, Karidhal to Somasundaram, female scientists are helping shed the infamous notion that ‘India is a land of snake charmers’.

She is currently working on a project called Wildseve which has helped over 7000 families file wildlife-compensation claims and receiving their rightful benefits.

“My mother taught us two rules: One, family comes first and two, if we put good out in the world, it’ll come back to us in some way.”

Priyanka Das has been appointed as the ambassador of “For Girls and Science", an initiative that was launched in 2014 to promote scientific pursuits amongst young people and especially, girls.