Vimla Sood
Vimla Sood (1922 – 1 August 2021) was the first woman to become a dentist in India. She graduated from the University of the Punjab in 1944.
Education[]
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 and later life[]
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]
Sood died on 1 August 2021, at the age of 99.[4]
Recognition and Awards[]
Sood was recognised by the Indian Dental Association as senior respected faculty, she was honored by IDA Chandigarh on Teachers day, 5 September 2020.[5] She was also recognised as the first lady dentist by faculty of Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital and her life was celebrated with this video[6] at the event.[2][1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "India's Ist woman dentist shares journey". Tribune India. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ "100 years old first female dentist of Undivided India passed away". Royal Patiala. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "IDA Faculty Recognition".
- ^ "Dr. Vimla Sood - India's First Lady Dentist".
   | This Indian medicine-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1922 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century dentists
- 20th-century Indian people
- Women dentists
- Indian dentists
- University of Minnesota School of Dentistry alumni
- University of the Punjab alumni
- Indian expatriates in the United States
- Indian medical biography stubs