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MUMBAI, Jan 25: Dr Sumati Bhide, well-known cancer specialist and academic director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s ayurvedic research centre `SPARC’, died on Sunday night after a brief illness. She was 67.
Bhide was the first president of Indian Women Scientists Association and during her stint with the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) had pioneered the research on tobacco-induced pre-cancerous changes and on the preventive effects of dietary and natural products against cancer.
She is survived by her son Dr Amar Bhide and daughter Dr Gauri Bhide.
