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Remembering India’s First Woman Chartered Accountant R Sivabhogam

On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.

Parul Agrawal
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To adopt and conquer a profession considered a male bastion in the times when women hardly had access to higher education is a task which requires both immense courage and talent. R Sivabhogam lacked neither when she stepped out in pursuit of her dream. The Quint brings to you the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.

On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)
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On her 53rd death anniversary, The Quint tells the lesser known story of India’s first female auditor.
(Photo: Image altered by The Quint/ Lijumol Joseph)

(This article was first published on 14 June 2016. It is being reposted from The Quint’s archives to mark R Sivabhogam’s 53rd death anniversary.)

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