Tanmoy Deb

Bibha Chowdhuri had many firsts to her credit, such as being the first female particle physicist in India, the first Indian woman to receive PhD in physics and also the first female researcher recruited by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). She has a star named after her!

She was born on 3 July 1913 in Calcutta, Bengal presidency (now Kolkata, West Bengal) to Banku Behari Chaudhuri and Urmila Devi. She was the third of six children (five girls and a boy). Her physician father believed in Brahmo…read more on NOPR