Satyavati M Sirsat

Ph.D. (1958, Bombay), FASc. The awards she received include among others are - the Shakuntaladevi Amirchand Prize of the ICMR, Transasian award for biological electron microscopy, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Citation for Lifetime award for science and humaneness. She works in the area of cancer research pathology, wound healing and regeneration and viruses and human cancer.

An excerpt from the publication "Exploring nature's secrets:
"As one puts pen to paper to write about oneself, events and impressions from childhood onwards well up. After my birth in Karachi and our wanderings through many countries following my father’s shipping ventures, my parents – both staunch Theosophists – sent us off to the Besant Memorial School of Drs. George and Rukmini Arundale. Rukmini had brought about a renaissance of ancient Indian art and music at Kalakshetra. During my early teens, I read a fascinating book by Paul de Kruif “The Microbe Hunters”, which left a lasting impression on me. Along with formal education, I also had the advantage of a cultural heritage. I went to Bombay and obtained a degree in microbiology from St. Xavier’s College. My first look through an optical microscope at a smear of a mixed gram-positive and negative culture of micro-organisms gave me an emotional thrill I can never forget."