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Vimla Sood
Vimal Sood (born 1922) was the first woman to become a dentist in India. She graduated from the University of the Punjab in 1944.
Education[edit]
Sood was the only woman out of 30 students in her class at the DeMontmorency College of Dentistry in Lahore.[1] She graduated University of the Punjab in 1944.[1] Her family were all doctors, and encouraged her to become a dentist. She moved to New York for an internship and travelled America, completing a masters in Pediatric Dentistry in 1955 at the University of Minnesota.[2] After partition, Sood moved to Chandigarh.[2]
Career[edit]
Sood worked in Wellingdon Hospital (now Ram Manohar Lohia), where she used to visit villages in a mobile van.[2] She later joined Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.[2]
In November 2016 she arranged a White Coat Ceremony for dental college students swearing their professional oath.[3]
Recognition and Awards[edit]
Dr. Sood was recognised by the Indian Dental Association as senior respected faculty, she was honored by IDA Chandigarh on Teachers day, 5 September 2020"IDA Faculty Recognition".</ref>. She was also recognised as the first lady dentist by faculty of Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital and her life and was celebrated with this video[4] at the event.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "India's Ist woman dentist shares journey". Tribune India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Nostalgic 90s: When India's 1st woman dentist visited alma mater". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "1st Lady Dentist of the country to hand over White Coats to BDS/MDS 1st Year students at PU | City Air News". cityairnews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ "Dr. Vimla Sood - India's First Lady Dentist".
- ↑ "HT 1st Women Dentist of India at Alma Matter".
- ↑ "Indias First Female dentist shares journet".
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