Vidura July-September 2013

Veena Mazumdar was born in 1927 and completed her schooling in Calcutta. She did her honours course from Benaras Hindu University as well as Ashutosh Veena Mazumdar speaks while releasing a poster of Savitribai Phule at the Indian Association for Women’s Studies held at SNDT Women’s Univeristy, Pune in May, 1998. Photo: Centre for Women’s Development Studies, Delhi 60 VIDURA July-September 2013 College, Calcutta University, and obtained a doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University. In 1947, she went to Oxford University and completed her graduation in 1951. In 1960, she enrolled as a research scholar at Oxford University and within two years was awarded her doctrate. Veenadee taught Political Science at Patna University and Berhampur University for couple of years. After that she joined UGC. As an officer in the UGC Secretariat she made a mark as an energetic officer. She was also selected as a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Simla. In 1972, when the Indian Government agreed to honour the UN mandate to prepare a status report on women, Veenadee was appointed as member secretary of the Committee on the Status of Women in India.