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She was the first woman engineer from Karnataka and described herself as an engineering-scientist. [1] During her tenure at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Chatterjee was a professor and later chairperson of the department of Electrical Communication Engineering. [2]
- Early Life and Education
- Career in India
- Awards
Rajeshwari was born to a well to do family in Nanjanagud, near Mysore, Karnataka, India. In the pre-independent India, it was rare for women to receive education. In a social and cultural setup where women would eventually have to abide by the rules of the society, she was able to receive education as per her interest in a “special English school”,...
In 1953, after obtaining the PhD degree, she returned to India and joined the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at IISc as a faculty member. She was the first woman to be on the faculty of Indian Institute of Science. She and husband Sisir Kumar Chatterjee (also a faculty member in the institute) and started research in the area of...
Rajeshwari received the following awards in the field of Microwave engineering. 1. Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar Award for first rank in the BSc (Hons) 2. M T Narayana Iyengar prize and the Waters Me- morial prize for the first rank in M. Sc. 3. Mountbatten prize for the best paper from the Institute of Electrical and Radio Engineering (UK) 4. J.C Bo...
Jul 26, 2020 · Rajeshwari Chatterjee was Karnataka's first female engineer, who defied all odds with her hard work and determination, dedicating her life to science and technology development for women in science not just in India but all over the world.
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Jan 24, 2017 · Rajeswari Chatterjee was Karnataka’s first woman engineer and it would be only apt to pay tribute to her extraordinary life and work on her ninety-fifth birth anniversary, today.
Aug 3, 2016 · Rajeshwari Chatterjee was an Indian scientist and academic, and the first woman engineer from Karnataka. She contributed to the scientific and engineering communities, and served as a venerable educator.
Chatterjee, the first woman engineer at IISc, joined the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE), where her husband, SK Chatterjee, was already working. Along with him, she set up India’s first microwave engineering research lab.
Aug 2, 2020 · Rajeshwari Chatterjee: Karnataka’s first female engineer. A. Team Udayavani, Aug 2, 2020, 3:21 PM IST. Born on January 24, 1922, in a family of highly learned and professional stalwarts, Rajeshwari Chatterjee was never short of inspiration or resources of knowledge. Rajeshwari’s father, B.M.Shivaramajah, was an advocate in Nanjangud.
