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Kamala Sohonie

1912 - 1998

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Kamala Sohonie (18 June 1911 – 28 June 1998) was an Indian biochemist who in 1939 became the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline. Her acceptance into and work at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, paved the way for women to be accepted into the institution for the first time in its history. Her research delved into the effects of vitamins and into the nutritive values of pulses, paddy, and groups of food items consumed by some of the poorest sections of the Indian population. Her work on the nutritional benefits of the palm extract called 'Neera' was inspired by the then-president Rajendra Prasad's suggestion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamala Sohonie is the 307th most popular chemist (down from 277th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from India (down from 185th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kamala Sohonie ranks 307 out of 602. Before her are Rasmus Bartholin, Thomas Cech, Germain Henri Hess, Antoine Baumé, Alexandre Brongniart, and Kaoru Ishikawa. After her are Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Andreas Libavius, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, William Henry, and Fritz London.

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Among people born in 1912, Kamala Sohonie ranks 88. Before her are A. E. van Vogt, Georg Solti, Ertuğrul Osman, Hugh Griffith, Michael Wilding, and Petar Stambolić. After her are Rihei Sano, Taiichi Ohno, Princess Deokhye, Lady Bird Johnson, Sohn Kee-chung, and Julia Child. Among people deceased in 1998, Kamala Sohonie ranks 62. Before her are Albert Gore Sr., Cozy Powell, Imi Lichtenfeld, Sonny Bono, Marie-Louise Meilleur, and Maurice Bucaille. After her are Ernst-Günther Schenck, Nazim al-Qudsi, Adem Jashari, Kurt Franz, Wolf Vostell, and Nguyễn Ngọc Loan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kamala Sohonie ranks 231 out of 1,861. Before her are Vinoba Bhave (1895), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shilpa Shetty (1975), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Rajkumar (1929), and Birbal (1528). After her are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ajay Banga (1959), Jayadeva (1170), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918).

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Among CHEMISTS In India

Among chemists born in India, Kamala Sohonie ranks 3. Before her are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), and C. N. R. Rao (1934). After her are Asima Chatterjee (1917), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Darshan Ranganathan (1941).

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