social reformer
Janaki Ammal
Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal
1897–1984
Also known as: E.K. Janaki Ammal, जानकी अम्मल
How Janaki Ammal is discussed in this archive
Subject of 1 profile piece — including Dr Janaki Ammal: India’s First Woman Botanist .
About Janaki Ammal (2)
Interviews (1)
Profile pieces (1)
- Dr Janaki Ammal: India’s First Woman Botanist
- "Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal, a botanist and cytogeneticist, best known for putting sweetness in India's sugarcane varieties through her scientific methods, remains unknown outside of academia" — introduces the central irony of her obscurity despite her transformative scientific contribution
- "Janaki was among the few women who chose her career over marriage. A rather brave decision in those times" — frames her professional choice as an act of individual liberal agency against social norms