93 years old India-based scholar, Chilukuri Santhamma is the world oldest professor who still teaches
She holds B.Sc honours in Physics and a D.Sc (equivalent to PhD) in Microwave Spectroscopy from Andhra University.
Santhamma, who was born in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on March 8, 1929, retired in 1989 at the age of 60.
The lecturer who rose to become a professor, also served as reader and even investigator for various central government departments and has received several honours, and awards for her analysis of Atomic Spectroscopy and Molecular Spectroscopy
She also won a gold medal in the Veteran Scientists’ class in 2016.
As an author; she wrote a book on Puranas, Vedas and Upanishads, titled, “Bhagavad Gita – The Divine Directive”.
To fulfil her passion for teaching, every day, the nonagenarian travels 60 kilometres from Vizag to Vizianagaram. She teaches Physics at Andhra’s Centurian University
