I love you, Dr Magiswary, PhD, number one

Magiswary attributes the success she has achieved in her life to her mother, Kanthayee.

As the only girl in her family, Dr Magiswary Dorasamy grew up believing that, although an education was important for everyone, as a girl she didn’t need to push herself as much as her eight brothers. She would get married and be supported by her husband, after all.

“My parents didn’t say that but that was what I saw in the community around me.