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'''Mehroo Dhunjisha Bengalee''' (29 December 1931 {{ndash}} 21 May 2014) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Parsis|Parsi]] academic. She served as Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Mumbai]] from 1986 to 1992, the first woman to hold this post.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Bengalee earned a master’s in education, followed by a PhD in economics and psychology from the University of Mumbai, in 1965.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Bhushan2017">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xtBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT423|title=Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 years of Psychology in India|author=Braj Bhushan|date=28 August 2017|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-86446-43-5|pages=423–|accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> She started her career at [[St. Xavier's Institute of Education|St Xavier's Institute of Education]] and later became a professor at the [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Bengalee-Mumbai-Universitys-first-lady-VC-dies-at-84/articleshow/35445589.cms | title=Bengalee, Mumbai University's first lady VC, dies at 84 | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=22 May 2014 | accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-universitys-first-woman-v-c-dies/|title=Mumbai University's first woman V-C dies|last=Singh|first=Dipti|date=2014-05-22|publisher=The Indian Express|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=23 September 2019}}</ref> She served as Head of the Department of Education at the University of Mumbai from 1984 to 1986.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Bengalee was also a former trustee of the [[Bombay Parsi Punchayet]] and a founding member of the [[National Commission for Minorities]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|date=|title=Dr. Mehroo Bengalee Mumbai University’s first lady VC, dies at 84|url=https://parsikhabar.net/education/dr-mehroo-bengalee-mumbai-universitys-first-lady-vc-dies-at-84/7758/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Parsi Khabar|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Bengalee died on 21 May 2014, at the age of 82.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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