caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date organization image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
mazumdar while a student of asutosh college 30 may 2013 new delhi , india kolkata , india indian 28 march 1927 centre for women 's development studies , delhi vina mazumdar.jpg vina mazumdar
 d. phil . vina mazumdar women studies academic and researcher oxford university
vina mazumdar

dr. vina mazumdar -lrb- 28 march 1927 -- 30 may 2013 -rrb- was an indian academic , left-wing activist and feminist .
a pioneer in women 's studies in india , she was a leading figure of the indian women 's movement .
she was amongst the first women academics to combine activism with scholarly research in women 's studies .
she was secretary of the first committee on the status of women in india that brought out the first report on the condition of women in the country , `` towards equality '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .
she was the founding director of the centre for women 's development studies -lrb- cwds -rrb- , an autonomous organisation established in 1980 , under the indian council of social science research -lrb- icssr -rrb- .
she was a national research professor at the centre for women 's development studies , delhi .
