Colly Sanjana was among the first two women
to study at the prestigious Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute
Dr Pilloo Hakim
It was the summer of 1950. A slim young girl recently passed out of St Xavier’s College clutched her inter-science certificate closely in her hands as she gazed at the Institute in front of her. She was excited at the thought of entering the Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI), Bombay to pursue a career in engineering. No female student had ever entered the hallowed portals of the male dominated Institute. But there was a hitch. Her parents Goolcher (née Bhiwandiwalla) and Darab Forbes "would allow her to take it up only ‘if another woman applied.’ Colly was fortunate to get......