Lotika Sarkar

Lotika Sarkar
Born	(1923-01-04)4 January 1923
Died	23 February 2013(2013-02-23) (aged 90) New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Occupation(s)	feminist, educator and lawyer
Organization(s)	Delhi University Indian Law Institute

Lotika Sarkar (4 January 1923 – 23 February 2013) was a noted Indian feminist, social worker, educator and lawyer, who was a pioneer in the field of women's studies and women's rights in India. She was a founding member of Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), Delhi, established in 1980, and also Indian Association for Women Studies, established in 1982. Starting in 1951, she taught law at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi till 1983, and also remained the head of the law faculty; thereafter she taught at Indian Law Institute. She was the first Indian woman to graduate from Cambridge University, and later in 1951 she also became the first woman to receive a PhD degree in law from the university.^[1][2]