Anna Mani

Google, known for celebrating eminent personalities from different fields of excellence, honoured Indian physicist Anna Mani on August 23.

Even before the world discovered the functions of the Ozone layer, Mani began working on atmospheric Ozone in 1960. Her expertise on spectroscopy of diamonds and rubies led her to write five research papers and a dissertation on them. She returned to India and joined the [Indian Meteorology Department](/topic/indian-meteorology-department)(IMD). Regardless of her detailed work, she was denied a PhD as she did not have a master’s degree. Google observed the occasion with a vibrant illustration of Mani on its homepage. Mani was known to be a voracious reader right from her childhood. As a youth, Mani was inspired by Gandhi’s Vaikom Satyagraha which prompted her to wear garments only made of Khadi. [Mani](/topic/mani)on August 23. Her work as a physicist and meteorologist paved the way for accurate weather predictions in India. She consumed vast volumes of She was the seventh child among her eight siblings. Check out her artwork](/magazines/panache/buzz/meet-doodle-for-google-2022-contest-winner-sophie-araque-liu-check-out-her-artwork/articleshow/93591738.cms) [Balamani Amma's 113th birth anniversary: Google honours Malayalam literary giant with special doodle](/magazines/panache/google-celebrates-the-life-of-malayalam-literary-giant-balamani-amma-with-a-special-doodle/articleshow/92970020.cms)

Anna Mani was an Indian physicist and meteorologist, who retired as the Deputy Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department.

She made significant contributions to meteorological instrumentation, conducted research, and published papers on solar radiation, atmospheric ozone and wind energy measurements. In 1945, she went to the Imperial College, London, and later to the British Meteorological Office, studying the evolution of weather instruments. She passed away in 2001. and later joined the India Meteorological Department (IMD). She visited several field observatories and manufacturers of meteorological instruments in England and Scotland. (Hon.) in 1939 from the Madras Presidency College.

Anna Mani, who is also known as the "Weather Woman of India" won the INSA K. R. Ramanathan Medal in 1987 for her contributions to science.

She also served as former deputy director general of the Indian Meteorological Department. Anna Mani, born in a Syrian Christian family in Kerala in 1918, made many valuable contributions to the physics and meteorological field. Mani also held important positions in the United Nations World Meteorological Organisation.

Google released a new Doodle on Tuesday celebrating the 104th birthday of Indian physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani.

Following high school, Mani completed her undergraduate studies, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and chemistry from Pachaiyappa's College in Madras. The physicist is also shown working on some calculations alongside a weather balloon, all of which work to make up the Google logo. She would then go onto post-graduate studies, learning spectroscopy under Nobel Laureate Sir C.