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Google Doodle - Dr. Kamal Ranadive
I was commissioned to create a doodle for Indian cell biologist Dr. Kamal Ranadive on her 104th birthday.
Ranadive is best known for her groundbreaking cancer research and devotion to creating a more equitable society through science and education.
Kamal Samarath, better known as Kamal Ranadive, was born on this day in 1917 in Pune, India. Her father’s encouragement to pursue a medical education inspired Ranadive to excel academically, but she found her calling in biology instead. In 1949, she received a doctorate in cytology, the study of cells, while working as a researcher in the Indian Cancer Research Center (ICRC). After a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, she returned to Mumbai (then Bombay) and the ICRC, where she established the country’s first tissue culture laboratory.
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The transparent elements were planned to work against various dark modes too!
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Initial sketches and drafts for the doodle.
Thanks to Thoka Maer and the team for having me!
