India’s First Lady of Forensics
The Morning Brief interviews India’s first woman forensic scientist Dr. Rukmani Krishnamurthy.
Dr. Krishnamurthy was a feminist before feminism was a thing.
When she got three job options: a clerical position at RBI, a teacher and a forensic scientist, she took up the last one because of one question asked during the interview “What will a woman do in forensics?”
From detecting hazardous material as the root of a train accident to finding out critical details in the 26/11 terror attacks, Krishnamurthy’s story is many bestselling thrillers bound into one.
About six years ago, Dr. Krishnamurthy…
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