Sulabha Panandikar

Sulabha Panandikar (born 9 April 1904, date of death unknown) was an Indian educator. She was given the Padma Shri award. She served as Director of Education of then Government of Bombay, inspectress of Schools, Chairman of the National Council for Women's Education and Member of the Central Revenue Board of Education. ^[1]

In 1921, she was the first woman to win the Ellis Prize at the Matriculation examination and also the Jagannath Shankarshet Scholarship. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Kaushik, Vijay Kumari (1998). Women's Rights and World Development. Sarup & Sons. ISBN   978-81-7625-015-3.
2. Singh, Nagendra Kr (2001). Encyclopaedia of women biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh - Google Books. ISBN   9788176482646 . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
3. Ṭikekara, Aruṇa (2006). The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai. Popular Prakashan. ISBN   978-81-7991-293-5.