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Editor's note: Starting National Science Day 2018, The Life of Science and Firstpost bring you a series profiling Indian women in Science. The challenges in Indian scientific life are many — more so for women taking up this path. This series honours those who beat the odds and serve as inspirations for the next generation of Indian science — a generation that is slowly and surely on its way to becoming gender equal.

By Sukanya Charuchandra

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Dr. Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Director, Diabetes Unit, KEM Hospital & Research Centre, Pune.

Dr. Yajnik, a Diabetologist, is well known for his description of the ‘thin-fat’ Indian which describes the fact that though not obese by international criteria, Indians are adipose (high body fat percent). He specializes in intrauterine programming of diabetes and has demonstrated a possible role for maternal micro-nutrient nutrition in its etiology.

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Dr. S.H.E. Kaufmann, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (since 1993), Associate and Honorary Professor Humboldt Univ. Charité/Berlin.

Dr. S.H.E. Kaufmann is a renowned German immunologist and microbiologist. Prof. Kaufmann is distinguished scientist for his outstanding contributions to the immune response against intracellular bacterial pathogens.

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Mrs. Arati Gokhale, Central Coordinator, Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre, KEM Hospital, Pune.

Mrs. Arati Gokhale’s pathbreaking efforts have put Pune on the map of deceased organ donation in India. As Central Coordinator, Zonal Transplant Coordination Center (ZTCC)-Pune, Arati has tackled many challenges successfully. She learnt to face challenges head-on right after she completed her Masters in Social Work from Karve Institute and started her career as a social worker in Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune.

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