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'''ABOUT ((DR. MARIE MIGNON MASCARENHAS))'''

DR MARIE MIGNON MASCARENHAS GRADUATED FROM THE GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE, BOMBAY WITH A POSTGRADUATE FROM LONDON UNIVERSITY. SHE IS SOPHIA COLLEGE'S FIRST DOCTOR AND FOUNDED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE IN ST. JOHN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGLORE. SHE WAS LATER AWARDED A COMMONWEALTH FELLOWSHIP FOR MEDICAL AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY IN LONDON UNIVERSITY. HER HUSBAND ALFRED, DEAN, '''ST. JOHN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE''' AND SHE REPRESENTED SOUTH ASIA AT THE VATICAN FAMILY SYNOD. SHE ALSO REPRESENTED INDIA AT THE UN AND OTHER WORLD CONFERENCES ON FAMILY HEALTH, WOMEN, ETC. SHE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF TEACHER VALUE EDUCATION AND PIONEERED THE TRAINING OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND LIFE FOR THE GIRL CHILD. DR. MARIE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS, WINNING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. SHE IS MARRIED WITH FOUR CHILDREN, SHE IS THE FOUNDER DIRECTOR OF CREST, CENTRE AND RESEARCH EDUCATION SERVICE AND TRAINING FOR FAMILY LIFE PROMOTION, BANGLORE. SHE HAS BEEN RECENTLY AWARDED THE JOHN PAUL 2ND PRO-LIFE MEDALLION.