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'''P.K. Thressia''' (12 March 1924 - 18 November 1981) was a Civil Engineer and became India's first female chief engineer.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Mohan, Shantha R.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1054198087|title=Roots and wings : inspiring stories of Indian women in engineering|date=2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-132-0|location=Chennai, India|oclc=1054198087}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-10|title=PK Thresia: The Forgotten Story of India’s First Woman Chief Engineer|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/194588/kerala-pwd-pk-thresia-first-woman-chief-engineer-history-india/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ponvannan, Gayathri|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1085964222|title=Unstoppable : 75 stories of trailblazing Indian women|isbn=978-93-88322-01-0|location=Gurgaon|oclc=1085964222}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
P.K. Thressia was born in [[Kerala]] on the 12 March 1924 into a devout Syrian Catholic family.<ref name=":0" /> She attended the St Mary's High School in Kattoor and through her father's encouragement went onto study Civil Engineering at the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]] (CEG), alongside fellow women engineers, [[Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha]] and [[Leelamma Koshie]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Women Engineers of CEG|url=https://www.aaceg.org/women-engineers-ceg/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=AACEG|language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated in 1944, after her degree was compressed to three and half years due to the Second World War.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Engineering career ==
After graduating, Thressia worked for the Public Works Commission of the Kingdom of Cochin, which was under the British rule as Section Officer and shortly after received a promotion to the Assistant Construction Engineer for the TB Sanatorium, Mulakunnathukavu.<ref>{{Cite web|last=mbcet|date=2017-07-09|title=P.K. Thressia: India’s First Woman Chief Engineer|url=https://mbcet.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/p-k-thressia-indias-first-woman-chief-engineer/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Engineering, Science & Technology Resources Portal|language=en}}</ref> She became Executive Engineer in 1956, which meant she had to move to Ernakulam, where she worked for nine years. In 1966, she was promoted to Superintending Engineer of Kozhikode Roads and Buildings.<ref name=":0" /> In 1971, she was promoted to Chief Engineer of the state of Kerala.<ref name=":0" /> In ''Roots and Wings'', by Shantha Mohan, she is quoted as saying that 'an engineer's life is not as difficult as many women think.'<ref name=":0" />

She retired in 1979, after working for the Kerala Public Works Department for 34 years and became a founding consultant for the firm Taj Engineers.<ref name=":0" />

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