The peculiar qualities and work of the first woman vice chancellor of University of Mysore as she waded through the limitations posed by her gender and caste are narrated.
Mysore/Mysuru:
Prof. P. Selvie Das, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM), a renowned educationist and a former Parliamentarian, passed away at her residence in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today following prolonged illness. She was 89.
She was a spinster. Last rites were held at Bengaluru this afternoon, according to sources.
Born in 1932 at KGF (Kolar Gold Fields) in Kolar district of Karnataka, Prof. Selvie Das had her higher education at Chennai, where she got her Ph.D degree in Rural Economics.
After working for a brief period as Assistant Researcher at a reputed Institution, she served as the Director of Higher Education Department, Government of Karnataka, from 1977 to 1988, when she was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University.