Dr Mannepalli Lakshmi Kantam
Indian chemical engineer
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Dr Mamata Mukhopadhyay
The first Indian woman thought to be to have qualified as a chemical engineer, she gained her first class BChE in 1963 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Dr Mahmooda Sultana
Bangladeshi-American scientist specialising in graphene, nanomaterials, micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMs) devices, and sensors. Her USC BSc and MIT PhD from MIT (2010 took her to NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center where she led a team developing a nanomaterial-based detector platform.
Leonora San Agustin
Filipina chemical engineer whose love for the Baguio region, tribal cultures and its biodiversity led to her becoming curator of the Baguio museum and becoming one of the ‘3 Witches of Baguio’ campaigning to save urban treescapes.
Magasvarie Govender
South African trade unionist and political activist
Maniben Sita
Indian-South African political activist
Manonmoney Naidoo
Indian-South African political activist who fought for democracy, equality and justice in South Africa.
M N Bhola
South African organizer of the women’s section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape, and the first woman to stand trial on the ‘hostility’ charge.
Bijal Mathkar
Research & Innovation Director at Solvay India
Dr Marlene Kanga
The third woman to graduate in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay; when she was appointed as the president of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (2017-19) it was the first time any chemical engineer had taken that role.