Mehroo Bengalee
Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai
In office
1986–1992
Personal details
NationalityIndian
OccupationAcademic

Mehroo Dhunjisha Bengalee (29 December 1931 – 21 May 2014) was an Indian Parsi academic. She served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Mumbai from 1986 to 1992, the first woman to hold this post.[1]

Bengalee earned a master’s in education, followed by a PhD in economics and psychology from the University of Mumbai, in 1965.[1][2][3] She started her career at St Xavier's Institute of Education and later became a professor at the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai[1][2] She served as Head of the Department of Education at the University of Mumbai from 1984 to 1986.[2]

Bengalee was also a former trustee of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet and a founding member of the National Commission for Minorities.[4]

Bengalee died on 21 May 2014, at the age of 82.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bengalee, Mumbai University's first lady VC, dies at 84". The Times of India. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Singh, Dipti (22 May 2014). "Mumbai University's first woman V-C dies". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  3. ^ Braj Bhushan (28 August 2017). Eminent Indian Psychologists: 100 years of Psychology in India. SAGE Publishing India. pp. 423–. ISBN 978-93-86446-43-5. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Dr. Mehroo Bengalee Mumbai University's first lady VC, dies at 84". Parsi Khabar. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
Categories