Vanaja Iyengar

Vanaja Iyengar
Born Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation Mathematician
Educationist
Known for Education
Spouse(s) Mohit Sen
Awards Padma Shri
Government of Andhra Pradesh Best Teacher Award
Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Fellowship

Vanaja Iyengar, was an Indian mathematician, educationist[1] and the founder vice chancellor of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2] She was one of the founders of the Andhra Mahila Sabha School of Informatics.[3] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1987.[4]

Biography

Born in the undivided Andhra Pradesh, she completed her early education at Hyderabad[5] and obtained higher education in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1950, after which she visited Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary as a part of student forums.[6] Her career started as a member of faculty at Osmania University and worked in two of the colleges affiliated to the university, University College for Women, Koti (Osmania Women's College) and Nizam College.[6]

During her tenure at Osmania, Iyengar secured a doctoral degree in Mathematics from the University of Delhi in 1958. She served Osmania University as a reader, professor, head of the department of Mathematics department and the principal of the University College for Women, Koti[5] and held the post of the vice chancellor for a while.[6] When Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, an all women university, was established in 1983, she was appointed as its vice chancellor and continued at the post till 1986.[7] She was also one of the founder members of the Osmania University Teachers Association.[6] She was a life trustee of Andhra Mahila Sabha and she served organization as its vice president and the president, a post she held since 1994 till her death.[6] She is also credited with articles on the topic of education.[2][8]

In 1987, the Government of India awarded Iyengar the civilian honour of Padma Shri.[4] She received the Best Teacher award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and was a fellow of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.[6] She died in 2001, survived by her husband, Mohit Sen, a known communist intellectual, who also died two years later.[9] The couple were childless.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "A man called Mohit Sen". The Hindu. 18 May 2003. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Kameswaramma Kuppuswamy Memorial Lecture" (PDF). Indian Institute of World Culture. 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "AMS School of Informatics". AMS School of Informatics. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Vanaja Iyengar - Inflibnet" (PDF). Inflibnet. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Prof (Smt) Vanaja Iyengar –Founder AMSSOI". Bispindia. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mohit Sen (An Autobiography)". Exotic India. 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ A. Ranganathan, Madhav Pundalik Pandit, Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao, VANAJA IYENGAR (1986). "Sir William Jones: Savant Extraordinary and Cultural Envoy, Issues 64-71". Indian Institute of World Culture. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Veteran communist leader Mohit Sen dead". Rediff.com. 4 May 2003. Retrieved August 21, 2015.


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