Who was Anna Mani, and why does Google honour her today?

Mani was an innovative scientist recognised for her contributions to India’s weather forecasts and her research on renewable energy.

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Indian scientist and entrepreneur Anna Mani would have been 104 on August 23.

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In her honour, Google has changed its doodle in the United States and India to an illustration of her and her work.

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– Mani was born in Peermade in the former state of Travancore, which is currently known as Kerala, in 1918.

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Her father was a civil engineer who owned cardamon estates.

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– She was the seventh of eight children and a keen reader.

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when she turned eight, Mani declined a set of diamond earrings as a gift and instead chose the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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