| 词条 | Rajeshwari Chatterjee |
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| name = Rajeshwari Chatterjee | image = Rajeshwari_Chatterjee_image.jpg | alt = | caption = Rajeshwari Chatterjee | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|1|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|9|3|1922|1|22|df=y}} | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Michigan Indian Institute of Science, Mysore University | occupation = Professor, scientist | known_for = }}Rajeshwari Chatterjee (24 January 1922 – 3 September 2010)[1][2] was an Indian scientist and an academic. She was the first woman engineer from Karnataka.[1] During her tenure at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Chatterjee was a professor and later chairperson of the department of Electro-communication Engineering.[2][3] Early life and educationChatterjee was born in 1922 in Karnataka. She had her primary education in a "special English school" founded by her grandmother. After finishing her schooling she got admitted into Central College of Bangalore where she earned B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc degrees in Mathematics.[1] In both these exams she ranked first in the Mysore University. She received Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar Award and M.T. Narayana Iyengar Prize and the Walters Memorial Prize respectively for her performances in the B.Sc and M.Sc examinations.[3] In 1943, after her M.Sc, she joined the Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore as a Research Student in the then Electrical Technology Department in the area of Communication.[3] She went to C.V. Raman to work under him. Some sources say that Raman refused to take her stating that Rajeshwari had no degrees in Physics.[4] While others say that he was averse to the idea of having women students.[5] In 1946, she was selected as a "bright student" by the Government of Delhi and was given a scholarship to go abroad to pursue higher studies and she decided to the United States. In the 1950s it was very difficult for Indian women to go abroad to pursue higher education. But Chatterjee was determined to do so. In July 1947, one month before India's independence, she started her journey to the USA on a converted troop ship SS Marine Adder and reached there after 30 days.[4] In the US, she was admitted to the University of Michigan and obtained her master's degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering. Then following the guidelines of the contract she had with the Government of India, she underwent an eight months' practical training in the Division of Radio Frequency Measurements at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. After the completion of the training she went back to the University of Michigan and resumed her studies. In early 1953 she obtained her Ph.D degree under the guidance of Professor William Gould Dow.[3] Career in IndiaIn 1953, after obtaining the Ph.D degree, she returned to India and joined the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at IISc as a faculty member. In the same year she married Sisir Kumar Chatterjee, a member of the faculty of IISc. After their marriage, she and her husband started research in the area of Microwave Engineering, the first such research in India. They soon built a microwave research laboratory.[3] In the same period, Chatterjee became a professor and was selected for the position of Chairman in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering. Her main teaching were electromagnetic theory, electron tube circuits and microwave technology. She was very active in research too. In the next few years she mentored 20 Ph.D students, wrote over 100 research papers and seven books related to microwave engineering and antennae.[3] The books written by her are -
After retirement from the IISc, she worked on social programmes, chiefly with the Indian Association for Women's Studies.[7] Personal lifeRajeshwari's father,B.M.Shivaramajah,was an advocate in Nanjangud.[8] Her grandmother, Kamalamma Dasappa, was one of the first women graduates in the erstwhile state of Mysore.[7] Rajeswari married Sisir Kumar Chatterjee, a faculty of IISc in 1953. The couple had a daughter Indira Chatterjee, who is now a Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. AwardsFor her contribution and works in the field of Microwave engineering, she won many awards. Some of the notable awards and honours are—[3]
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=The nuts and bolts of a superachiever|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 April 2002|author=A. Jayaram}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterjee, Rajeshwari}}2. ^1 {{cite news|author=D.P. Sen Gupta|date=1 October 2010|title=On her own terms|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/on-her-own-terms/article805338.ece|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=Rajeshwari Chatterjee Bio|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/RChatterjee.pdf}} 4. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/On-her-own-terms/article15764097.ece|title=On her own terms|last=Gupta|first=D. p Sen|date=2010-10-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-01-20|last2=Gupta|first2=D. p Sen|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://connect.iisc.ac.in/2017/05/remembering-rajeswari-chatterjee-iiscs-first-woman-engineer/|title=Remembering Rajeswari Chatterjee, IISc’s First Woman Engineer – Connect with IISc|website=connect.iisc.ac.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-20}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/453527.Rajeswari_Chatterjee|title=Rajeswari Chatterjee|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2018-01-20}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/rajeshwarichatt.pdf|title=Lucky to be where I am, Rajeshwari Chatterjee|last=Shashikala|first=K|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|title=The Hindu : The nuts and bolts of a superachiever|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=2018-01-20}} 18 : 1922 births|2010 deaths|Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014|Indian women engineers|Indian women academics|Bengali physicists|University of Mysore alumni|University of Michigan alumni|20th-century Indian women scientists|20th-century Indian scientists|Engineers from Karnataka|Microwave transmission|Indian women physicists|Indian Institute of Science alumni|20th-century Indian physicists|Women scientists from Karnataka|Women educators from Karnataka|20th-century women engineers |
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