India’s First Woman Mining Engineer

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Dr. Chandrani Prasad Verma became the first female mining engineer in India in the year 1999.

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She had to swim across the currents to become India’s first female mining engineer.

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According to the Mine Act, 1952, women would not be allowed to work in any underground mines.

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Soon, she and her father filed a petition because no engineering college would grant her admission in mining engineering.

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In 1996, Chandrani got admission in the mining engineering course in Ramdeobaba Engineering College, Nagpur.

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Despite being the university topper, Chandrani was not selected for any mining job because she was a female.

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She started working as a lecturer in her college and continued to acquire more degrees in mining.

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She is now working as a Senior Scientist at CSIR and is incorporating her passion for her job seamlessly with new challenges at work.

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