Question: Who was Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon, passed away recently?
a) India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist
b) India’s 1st woman astronomer
c) India’s 1st woman cardiologist
d) None of these
Answer : (a)
Related Facts:-
- On 5 December 2021 India’s 1st woman Psychiatrist Dr Mamballaikalathil Sarada Menon Passed away at an age of 98.
- Menon graduated from the Madras Medical College and trained in psychiatry in Bengaluru’s NIMHANS.
- Dr M Sarada Menon began her career as a Psychiatrist in the Institute of Mental Health in Kilpauk, Chennai, in 1959 and became its 1st woman Director in 1961.
- She was born on 5 April 1923 in a South Indian family in Mangalore, Karnataka.
- She founded the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF India) in 1984
- She also established ASHA, a community-based platform assisting the families of those affected by mental illnesses.