Renuka Ravindran (née Rajagopalan) was the first woman to be the Dean of the Indian Institute of Science.[1]
Renuka Ravindran | |
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| Born | 11 May 1943 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science |
Education and career edit
She was a student at the Presentation Convent in Vepery in Chennai and later at the Women's Christian College in Chennai.[2] She earned her PhD from Indian Institute of Science in Applied Mathematics and later Doktoringenieur from the Technische Hochschule Aachen in Aerodynamics in Germany.[3][4] She joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1967 as a professor and the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, and then became the Dean of Indian Institute of Science. She has also been visiting professor at various universities, including the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.[5] Her fields of specialization are nonlinear waves and non-Newtonian fluids.
References edit
- ^ "PROFILE OF PROF. RENUKA RAVINDRAN". .ias.ac.in. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "DISTINGUISHED ALUMNAE". Women's Christian College. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Renuka Ravindran Education". math.iisc.ernet.in. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Renuka Ravindran". RWTH Aachen University. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Passionate about taking science to young minds". The Telegraph. 21 May 2004. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.