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Breaking Rocks and Barriers
Publisher:
Harpercollins In
| Author:
Sudipta Sengupta
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Harpercollins In
Author:
Sudipta Sengupta
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
₹324
Save: 35%
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A pioneering geologist and a mountaineer trained by Tenzin Norgay, Sudipta Sengupta is one of the first Indian women to set foot on Antarctica and one of only nineteen women so far to be awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1991).
In Breaking Rocks and Barriers, she narrates her many adventures as a geologist studying and doing fieldwork in remote areas around the world–from unexpected encounters with snakes in the Jaduguda mines of Bihar and trekking across a ‘black glacier’ in Norway to being engulfed by a thundercloud in Sweden and being greeted by a flock of penguins in Antarctica. In between are memorable mountaineering experiences, whether it is the first women’s expedition to Ronti peak in the Himalayas in 1967 or the all-women expedition to an unexplored peak which they were the first to climb and name.
Sengupta writes fondly of the many people–strangers, fellow geologists, mentors, mountaineering enthusiasts–she met in the course of her life, of the friends and colleagues she lost, and provides a rare glimpse into what it meant to choose a career in science as a woman half a century ago.
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A pioneering geologist and a mountaineer trained by Tenzin Norgay, Sudipta Sengupta is one of the first Indian women to set foot on Antarctica and one of only nineteen women so far to be awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1991).
In Breaking Rocks and Barriers, she narrates her many adventures as a geologist studying and doing fieldwork in remote areas around the world–from unexpected encounters with snakes in the Jaduguda mines of Bihar and trekking across a ‘black glacier’ in Norway to being engulfed by a thundercloud in Sweden and being greeted by a flock of penguins in Antarctica. In between are memorable mountaineering experiences, whether it is the first women’s expedition to Ronti peak in the Himalayas in 1967 or the all-women expedition to an unexplored peak which they were the first to climb and name.
Sengupta writes fondly of the many people–strangers, fellow geologists, mentors, mountaineering enthusiasts–she met in the course of her life, of the friends and colleagues she lost, and provides a rare glimpse into what it meant to choose a career in science as a woman half a century ago.
About Author
Sudipta Sengupta is a professor of geology. She obtained her PhD from Jadavpur
University. Between 1973 and 1979, she carried out post-doctoral research work at
Imperial College, London, and at the Institute of Geology, Uppsala University. Upon her
return to India, she joined the Geological Survey of India. In 1982, she joined Jadavpur
University as a lecturer and retired in 2011 as professor. She continued her research
there as INSA Senior Scientist till 2016. She was the first woman to participate in the
Indian Antarctic Expedition in 1983-84. During her career, she has published numerous
important research papers in reputed journals. She has authored a book on her travels
and work in Antarctica in Bengali, which was a bestseller. She has received many
awards including the SS Bhatnagar Prize of CSIR, National Mineral Award of Dept of
Mines, Antarctic Award of Dept of Ocean Development, Career and Profession Award of
Ladies Study Group, DN Wadia Medal of Indian National Science Academy, and so on.
She is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and West Bengal Academy of
Science and Technology.
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