IICT’s Dr Nayani Kiranmai named founding member of INSA Women Associates

IICT’s Dr. Nayani Kiranmai has been selected as a founding member of INSA Women Associates, a new initiative by the Indian National Science Academy to promote women in science. She is a gold medalist, award-winning researcher, and postdoctoral fellow

Hyderabad: Senior scientist from the Department of Organic Synthesis and Process Chemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Dr Nayani Kiranmai, has been selected as a founding member of the newly constituted INSA Women Associates (IWA) by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi.

The IWA initiative aims to address the under-representation of women in science by identifying and engaging top-performing women scientists from academia, industry, R&D organisations, NGOs, and startups, according to a press release.

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Dr Kiranmai holds a PG degree (gold medal) from NIT Warangal and completed her PhD at IICT. She is a winner of the 2010 Eli Lilly and Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Award. She has also been awarded post-doctoral fellowships by the University Paris Descartes, France, as well as by Indian funding agencies, including CSIR and DST.