Prabha R. Chatterji is an Indian scientist at John F. Welch Technology Centre (formerly General Electric Global Research and Technology Development center), Bangalore, India. She has been formerly a senior scientist at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and a past member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, India. She works primarily related to scientific and technical education in India. Education She graduated from a small college in a nondescript village near Ottappalam in Kerala. As a college student, she was awarded National Science Talent Search Scholarship by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The scholarship helped her pursue her post graduation, PhD in 1977 and subsequently a career in Science. Career Prabha's career trajectory involves stint in academia to governmental research and development and then to industry. She received the Vasvik Award for industrial research and the MRSI Lecture award. She is also involved in policies of scientific and technical education in India. Works Chatterji has published 41 papers and has an h-index of 16. Awards Chatterji is a recipient of the Vasvik Award (industrial research) and the MRSI Lecture award. References Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 Living people Scientists from Bangalore 20th-century Indian chemists Bengali chemists Indian polymer scientists and engineers Engineers from Kerala People from Palakkad district Indian Institute of Science alumni Indian women engineers 20th-century Indian engineers 20th-century Indian women scientists Indian women chemists Women scientists from Kerala 20th-century women engineers 21st-century women engineers Year of birth missing (living people)