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Mary Mathew – The First Malayali Woman Engineer from Malabar : Joy Kallivayalil

November 22, 2021July 22, 2022 J Devika4 Comments

The first Malayalee woman engineer from Kochi State, P.K. Thressia and the first woman engineer from Travancore State, Leela (George) Koshy. Both of them received their degrees in 1943.

Mary Mathew has the distinction of becoming the first Malayalee engineer from Malabar. Mary was born on 3 March 1927 in a conservative Syrian Catholic family as the eldest of six children of Col.P.A.Mathew and Theresa. Col.Mathew was an officer in the British Indian Army.

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Trailblazers – The First Women Engineers in Kerala : Er. Joy Abraham Kallivayalil

May 2, 2021May 4, 2021 J Devika4 Comments

Education was not something women in Kerala could aspire to, at the turn of the 20^th century. Even educated and progressive parents thought it fit and right to marry off their girls, once they completed their school education. Despite the odds, two girls, one in Thiruvithamkoor and another in Kochi State, were determined to go to College, that too to obtain a professional degree in Engineering. Fortunately their parents were able and willing to help the girls attain their near impossible dream.

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