The Homi Bhabha Lectures 2021: Women in Science in India: status and prospects

Dr Godbole will give an overview of the current status about participation of women in Science and future prospects. This will be influenced by her experiences as the founding chair of the Indian Academy Panel for Women in Sciences and a series of programs /initiatives which she has participated or initiated over the past few decades. One of them being a book that she co-edited 'Lilavati's Daughters: Women Scientists of India'. The talk will also draw upon experiences gained in drafting the 'Equity and inclusion chapter' in India's Science, Technology and innovation policy, 2020. Some of the recent reports and books edited/authored are listed below.

R.M. Godbole and R. Ramaswamy, (2015), “ Women in Science in India”, Contribution to “ Women in Science and Technology in Asia” (2015), A report brought out by the AASSA: the association of Academies and Societies of South East Asia’, August 2015.

Ramaswamy, R.M. Godbole and Mandakini Dubey (Eds.) (2011) “A Girl’s Guide to a Life in Science”, Published by Zubaan, Delhi and Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

R.M. Godbole, B.K. Anitha and Divya Sarma, (2010) “Trained Scientific Women- power: What fraction are we losing and why?” Report of a Survey conducted by Women in Science Panel (WiS) , WiS(IAS)-NIAS report.

R. M. Godbole and R. Ramaswamy (Eds.) (2008), “Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India”, Published by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

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Just loved this lecture and informations shared by Padma Shri. Dr. Smt. Rohini Godbole.