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'''Anna Mani''' (23 August 1918 – 16 August 2001) was an Indian [[physicist]] and [[meteorologist]].<ref name=hindu/> She was the Deputy Director General of the [[Indian Meteorological Department]]. She made significant contributions in the field of [[meteorological instrumentation]]. She conducted research and published numerous papers on [[Sunlight|solar radiation]], ozone and wind energy measurements.<ref name=lilavati>{{cite book|last=Sur|first=Abha|title=Lilavati's daughters: The women scientists of India|year=2007|publisher=Indian Academy of Science|pages=23-25|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/liladaug.html}}</ref>

 

Anna Mani was born in [[Peerumedu]], [[Travancore]].<ref name=insa>{{cite web|last=Gupta|first=Aravind|title=Anna Mani|url=http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/bs30annamani.pdf|work=Platinum Jubilee Publishing of INSA|publisher=Indian National science academy|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref> Her father was a civil engineer. She was the seventh of eight children in her family. During her childhood, she was a voracious reader. She was impressed by the activities of [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]] during [[Vaikom satyagraha]]. Inspired by the nationalist movement, she took to wearing only [[Khādī]] garments. She wanted to pursue medicine, but she decided in favour of physics because she liked the subject. In 1939, she graduated from the Presidency College in Madras, with a B.Sc Honors degree in physics and chemistry.<ref name=insa/>

 

After graduating from the Presidency college, she worked under Prof. [[C V Raman]], researching the optical properties of [[ruby]] and [[diamond]].<ref name=lilavati/> She authored five research papers, but she was not granted a PhD because she did not have a master's degree in physics. Then she moved to Britain to study pursue physics, but she ended up studying meteorological instruments at [[Imperial College London]].<ref name=insa/> After returning to India in 1948, she joined the Meteorological department in [[Pune]]. She published numerous research papers on meteorological instrumentation. She retired as the deputy director general of the Indian Meteorological department in 1976. She authored two books, ''The Handbook for Solar Radiation data for India'' in 1980 and ''Solar Radiation over India'' in 1981.<ref name=lilavati/> She won the K.R. Ramanathan Medal in 1987.<ref name=insa/>

 

In 1994 she suffered from a stroke, and died on 16 August 2001 in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last=Sur|first=Abha|title=The Life and Times of a Pioneer|url=http://hindu.com/2001/10/14/stories/1314078b.htm|accessdate=7 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 October 2001}}</ref>

 

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