Decided During the General Body Meeting of Modayil Kudumbayogam Held on 26.12.2015
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George, Karukachal - Rs. 5,000 3. Mr. Punnoose Koshy, Ernakulam - Rs. 5,000 4. Mr. Koshy M. Koshykunju, Mumbai - Rs. 5,000 5. Mr. Roy G. Thomas, Mallappally West - Rs. 5,000 6. Mr. George M. Thomas (Binu) , U. A. E. - Rs. 5,000 7. Mr. Jacob Thomas (Chinu), Saudi - Rs. 5,000 8. Mr. GinuModayil, Sharjah - Rs. 10,000 9. Mr. NijuModayil, Doha - Rs. 10,000 10. Mr. PunnooseModayil, Abu Dhabi - Rs. 5,000 11. Mr. Jacob Philip Modayil (Sherin), USA - Rs. 10,000 12. Mr. Korah Mathew, Mallappally - Rs. 5,000 13. Mr. Arun Philip Koshy, Hyderabad - Rs. 5,000 14. Mr. Mohan Mathew (Jeevan) - Rs. 5,000 15. Mr. Rajan Mathew - Rs. 5,000 16. Mr. George Mathew (Kochukunu) - Rs. 5,000 17. Mr. Jacob Mathew (Kochumon) - Rs. 5,000 18. Mrs. Leelamma George, ModayilMavunkal - Rs. 10,000 19. Mr. M. P. Kurien, Karikkattoor - Rs. 5,000 20. Adv. Philip Koshy - Rs. 5,000 21. Mr. IdiculaKurien - Rs. 5,000 22. Mr. Renju John Mathew, Australia - Rs. 10,000 23. Mr. Shaji Thomas, Kalamassery - Rs. 5,000 24. Mr. M. Rajankutty - Rs. 5,000 Total - Rs. 1,45,000 [ The collection for this fund has been started as decided during the general body meeting of Modayil Kudumbayogam held on 26.12.2015. The purpose is to have a Fixed Deposit of at least Rs. 5 Lakhs in bank, so that the day- to-day expenses of the Kudumbayogam can be met from the interest accrued from the deposit. Since now we are no where near that target, the co- operation of all members who have not yet contributed is earnestly requested.] Note: Our Bank account No: 12650100015559 at Federal Bank, Nedungadappally IFSC Code FDRL 0001265 4 Newsletter Modayil Kudumbayogam Do you know Anna Modayil Mani? Anna Modayil Mani is one of India’s Greatest Woman Scientists. Yet you Probably haven’t heard her Story (Reproduced below is a blog written by Sanchari Pal in Better India) One of the most talked about images from India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was that of ISRO’s women scientists celebrating the success of the mission. While it may have been the very first time many Indians were seeing a visual of women working in the sciences, they definitely weren’t the first ones. Many other brilliant, dedicated and determined Indian women have pursued science over the years. Here’s the little-known story of one of India’s pioneering women scientists, Anna Mani. A distinguished meteorologist, Mani was the former Deputy Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department and made significant contributions in the field of solar radiation, ozone and wind energy instrumentation. Miss Anna Modayil Mani, fondly called Miss Mani, holds an illustrious place among the outstanding scientists of modern India. How does she make a difference to our lives? What is she remembered for? What kind of a person was she? How did she get where she did? Why do we owe her one? Miss Anna Mani laid a solid foundation for India in Weather Instruments that are employed for measuring and understanding weather systems. These instruments gather vital data from different layers of earth’s atmosphere and different geographical locations. The data thus gathered makes weather forecasts possible. Today, people across the entire socio-economic spectrum enjoy the benefits of weather forecasts. They help them take life-saving decisions, time-saving decisions and money- saving decisions. From Navy, Air-force and Army to Aviation to Marine transportation to farmers to fishermen to businesses across the industrial 5 Newsletter Modayil Kudumbayogam spectrum, the whole nation of over 120 Billion people in India directly or indirectly benefit from up-to-the-minute weather forecasts. Anna Modayil Mani grew up in a prosperous family in Travancore, a former princely state in the southern part of India, now part of the state of Kerala. Born in 1918, she was the seventh of eight siblings. Anna Mani’s father was a prosperous civil engineer who owned large cardamom estates in the region. The Mani family was a typical upper-middle class professional household, where sons were groomed for high level careers from childhood while daughters were primed for marriage. Back then, there was a consensus in society that education for women should be tailored to their particular roles as mothers and homemakers. But little Anna Mani would have none of it. Her formative years were spent engrossed in books. By the time she was eight, Mani had read almost all the Malayalam books available at her local public library. On her eighth birthday, when she was gifted with diamond earrings- as was the custom in her family- she opted instead for a set of Encyclopaedia Britannica. By 1925, Travancore had become the epicentre of the Vaikom Satyagraha. People of all castes and religions across the princely state were protesting the decision by the priests of a temple in the town of Vaikom to bar dalits from using the road adjacent to the temple. It was during this time that Mahatma Gandhi came to Viakom to lend his support to the civil disobedience movement. The satyagraha movement, the swadeshi philosophy and especially, Gandhi’s visit in its support, made a deep impression on the young and idealistic Anna. Drawn to Gandhian principles, the little girl took to wearing only khadi as a symbol of her nationalist sympathies. Her strong sense of nationalism also instilled in her a fierce desire for personal freedom. Instead of following the footsteps of her sisters (who got married in their late teens), she insisted on pursuing higher studies. While her family did not oppose her wish, they offered little encouragement. Mani wanted to study medicine but when that was not possible, she decided in favor of physics because she happened to be good in the subject. So, she enrolled in the honours programme in physics at Presidency College in Madras (now Chennai). 6 Newsletter Modayil Kudumbayogam In 1940, a year after finishing college, Anna Mani obtained a scholarship to undertake research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. She was accepted in no less than Nobel laureate C. V. Raman’s laboratory as a graduate student and worked on the spectroscopy of diamonds and rubies. During this period, Raman’s laboratory housed a collection of 300 diamonds from India and Africa; practically all his students worked on one aspect or the other of diamonds. Mani recorded and analysed fluorescence, studied absorption and temperature dependence, and the Raman spectra of 32 diamonds. The experiments were long and painstaking, sometimes requiring 15 to 20 hours.