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Department of Electrical Communication Engineering. Over her lifetime, she mentored 20 PhD students, wrote over 100 research papers, and authored seven books. She taught classes in electromagnetic theory, electron tube
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After the Second World War, an interim government was set up in India to transfer power from the
British to Indians, which offered scholarships to bright young scientists to study abroad. Chatterjee applied for a scholarship in the field of electronics and its applications, and in 1946, she was
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Department of Electrical Engineering. Then following the guidelines of the contract she had with the Government of India, she underwent an eight months' practical training in the Division of Radio Frequency Measurements at the
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Association for Women's Studies. She also preferred to call herself an "engineering-scientist", as she did not work in industry like most engineers.
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Washington, D.C. After the completion of the training she went back to the University of Michigan in 1949 on a Barbour scholarship and resumed her studies. In early 1953, she obtained her Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Professor
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to work under him. Some sources say that Raman refused to take her, stating that
Rajeshwari had no degrees in physics, while others say that he was averse to the idea of having women students.
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in the United States. In the 1950s, it was very difficult for Indian women to go abroad to pursue higher education. But
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For her contribution and works in the field of Microwave engineering, she won many awards. Some of the notable awards and honours are—
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wives. After her school finals, Chatterjee was tempted to take up History but eventually chose physics and mathematics. She studied in
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Mountbatten prize for the best paper from the Institute of Electrical and Radio Engineering (UK)
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J.C Bose Memorial prize for the best research paper from the Institution of Engineers
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circuits, microwave technology, and radio engineering". That same year, she married
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Chatterjee received a posthumous award in 2017 from the Indian
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Rajeshwari's father, B.M. Shivaramajah, was an advocate in
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Advanced Microwave Engineering: Special Advanced Topics
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