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Ms. Shubha Tole, the first woman to receive the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in the field of science, is from which institution?
aTata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai✓ Correct
bIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
cIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
dIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Explanation
Dr. Shubha Tole, who received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2010, is a neuroscientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Note that the first woman to be honoured with the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in science was Dr. Asima Chatterjee, not Dr. Shubha Tole.
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