She wanted to work with Professor C V Raman, but he was resistant. Differing accounts state that the resistance was on account of her being a woman or that she did not have a background in Physics. The Delhi Government awarded her a scholarship upon finding her to be a ‘bright student’. She was able to go to the USA just before Indian Independence in 1947 and work on her Master’s degree at the University of Michigan, where she also earned her PhD in 1953.
Rajeshwari Chatterjee and her husband set up India’s first microwave engineering research lab.
Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Rajeshwari Chatterjee led pioneering research in microwaves, wrote several textbooks, and mentored numerous students who went on to be very successful in their own right.
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