About EK Janaki Ammal:
- She was born in Thalassery in Kannur district of Kerala in 1897.
- She was a pioneering botanist and the first Indian woman to be awarded a PhD in the botanical sciences.
- Janaki Ammal is known widely for her contributions to science – in the field of genetics, cytology, evolution, and more.
- She was invited by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to reorganise the Botanical Survey of India in 1951.
- Her association with the Save the Silent Valley movement – a campaign to stop a hydroelectric project from flooding the Silent Valley forest in Palakkad district of Kerala – was well-known.
Source : Indian Express
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