Who among the following is a renowned botanist and plant cytologist, often referred to as the first woman botanist of India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal
E. K. Janaki Ammal (1897–1984) was India’s first woman botanist and plant cytologist. She worked on sugarcane and eggplant cytogenetics, co-wrote the Chromosome Atlas of Cultivated Plants, headed the Botanical Survey of India and campaigned to save the Silent Valley forests.
Bhikaji Cama was a freedom fighter who unfurled an Indian flag at Stuttgart in 1907, Kadambini Ganguly was among the first Indian women to qualify in Western medicine, and Akilan was a Tamil novelist.