Stories of Courage #14: Rohini Godbole

Rohini Godbole (12 November, 1952) is an Indian physicist and academic. As Professor at the Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute for Science, Rohini Godbole has worked on different aspects of particle phenomenology. Her work on the hadronic structure of high energy protons has major implications for the design of next generation electron positron colliders. She is an elected fellow of all the three academies of Science of India and also the Science Academy of the Developing World (TWAS).
 
Rohini Godbole is also a science communicator with a focus on women in science in India. She has also edited a book with Ram Ramaswamy titled Lilavati’s Daughters. It is a collection of biographical essays about Indian women scientists.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohini_Godbole
  2. http://rmgodbole.in/
  3. http://nobelprizeseries.in/tbis/rgodbole

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