Satyavati Motiram Sirsat Explained

Satyavati Motiram Sirsat
Birth Name:Satyavati Motiram
Birth Date:7 October 1925
Birth Place:Karachi
Death Date:10 July 2010
Occupation:Cancer researcher

Satyavati Motiram Sirsat (7 October 1925 – 10 July 2010) was an Indian cancer researcher.

Early life

Sirsat was born in Karachi, but lived in various cities as a girl.[1] Her Gujarati parents were Theosophists, and she attended Kalakshetra, a theosophy-based school in Chennai, run by George Arundale and Rukmini Arundale.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology at St. Xavier's College in 1947, and completed doctoral studies in pathology at Tata Memorial Hospital for Cancer in 1958. She pursued further studies in electron microscopy in London in 1958.[3]

Career

Sirsat began the first electron microscopy laboratory to study cancer in India. She was founder and president of the Electron Microscope Society of India. Her research, which focused on oral submucous fibrosis, was published in Nature,[4] Carcinogenesis,[5] Tumori Journal,[6] Journal of Cell Science,[7] Journal of Investigative Dermatology,[8] and other scholarly journals.[9] She served on the editorial boards of other journals, including the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Education, and Journal of Biosciences. She became a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1975.[10]

Sirsat retired from research in 1985, and became a social worker and medical ethicist, and took an interest in ayurvedic interventions as cancer treatment.[11] She was active in hospice work, and wrote Death, the Final Freedom (1998) about this work.[12]

Sirsat advised aspiring scientists, "Be honest to your work and true to yourself. Be disciplined. Never disparage the work of your fellow scientists. Be observant — never distort your log or show records to fit a preconceived theory. Above all, life is to learn — so learn, learn and learn!"

Personal life

Satyavati Motiram married fellow cancer researcher M. V. Sirsat. She died from cancer in 2010, aged 84 years.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Singh. Avni. 2019-03-25. Satyavati M Sirsat: Pioneer In Indian Cancer Research #IndianWomenInHistory. 2020-10-19. Feminism In India. en-US.
  2. Sirsat, Satyavati M. "Exploring Nature's Secrets" in Rohini Godbole and Ram Ramaswamy, eds., Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India (Indian Academy of Sciences 2008): 310-313.
  3. Book: Chattopadhyay, Anjana. Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles & Achievements. 2018. National Book Trust, India. 978-81-237-8144-0. en.
  4. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. Kandarkar. S. V.. June 1968. Histological changes in the oral mucosa of the wistar rat treated with commercial lime (calcium hydroxide)--an optical and submicroscopic study. British Journal of Cancer. en. 22. 2. 303–315. 10.1038/bjc.1968.38. 5660135. 2008245. 1532-1827.
  5. Kalimi. Ghulam H.. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. 1984. The relevance of gap junctions to stage I tumor promotion in mouse epidermis. Carcinogenesis. 5. 12. 1671–1677. 10.1093/carcin/5.12.1671. 6499119. 0143-3334.
  6. Bhisey. Rajani A.. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. 1986-12-01. Ultrastructural Analysis of Epidermal Hyperplasia Induced by Multiple 12-0-Tetradecanoyl-Phorbol-13-Acetate (TPA) Treatment of Mouse Skin. Tumori Journal. en. 72. 6. 643–650. 10.1177/030089168607200618. 3810868. 30900735. 0300-8916.
  7. Rangan. S. R. S.. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. 1962-03-01. The Fine Structure of the Normal Chorio-Allantoic Membrane of the Chick-Embryo. Journal of Cell Science. en. s3-103. 61. 17–23. 10.1242/jcs.s3-103.61.17 . 0021-9533.
  8. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. Ketkar. M.B.. April 1966. Influence of Doca on Induced Epidermal Cancers in Mice*. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 46. 4. 331–340. 10.1038/jid.1966.53. 5936038. 0022-202X. free.
  9. Sirsat. Satyavati M.. Pindborg. J. J.. 1967. The Vascular Response in Early and Advanced Oral Submucous Fibrosis. Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica. en. 70. 2. 179–184. 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1967.tb01280.x. 6050371. 1600-0463.
  10. Web site: Deceased Fellows. 2020-10-19. Indian Academy of Sciences.
  11. Vaidya. Ashok. Vaidya. Rama. Vaidya. Vidita. Gunvanti. Joshi. Bharati. Mody. Jyoti. Joshi. Jayashree. Amonkar. Ashok. Sirsat. Satyavati. 2003. Spontaneous or Induced Regression of Cancer: A Novel Research Strategy for Ayurvidya. Ancient Science of Life. 22. 3. 75–83. 0257-7941. 3331012. 22557089.
  12. Book: Sirsat, Satyavati M.. Death, the Final Freedom. 1998. Gujarat Sahitya Prakash. en.
  13. Bhisey. Rajani A.. 2011. Satyavati M. Sirsat (1925–2010). Current Science. 101. 7. 964–965. 24079137. 0011-3891.

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