Kamal Ranadiva
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Context
- On November 8, 2021, Google celebrated 104th birthday of Kamal Ranadive with a Google Doodle.
About
- Kamal Ranadive (8 November 1917 – 2001) was an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses.
- She was a founder member of the Indian Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA).
- In the 1960s, she established India’s first tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in Mumbai.
- Kamal was awarded the Padma Bhusan for Medicine, in 1982.
- She was an Emeritus Medical Scientist of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).