Rajasthan: 3 sisters script history, awarded PhD together in village

Born in a village to a farmer who tilled the land at night and worked at his shoe shop in the day three sisters in Rajasthan scripted history in the desert state as they were awarded PhD degrees together from a university situated in Jhunjhunu districtThe three sisters are Sarita Tilotiya who pursued her doctorate in Geography Kiran Tilotiya who completed her PhD in Chemistry and the third sister is Anita Tilotiya who completed her doctorate in EducationAll of them were awarded the doctorate degree from Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University which is situated in village Churela in JhunjhunuThe three sisters now want to contribute to the nation and push the education campaign to new heights in India This is the second instance in the country when three sisters were awarded doctorates togetherEarlier three sisters from Madhya Pradesh were awarded PhD degrees together which was a first for IndiaSpeaking to IANS the eldest Sarita said Our father always pushed us to pursue education We never sat idle in our lives because our father who is our idol always remained busy and wanted us to be the sameAlthough we were born in rural surroundings we were sent to hostels to pursue higher studies in Jaipur and Jhunjhunu district she added In fact all three of us pursued our PhD after marriage for our father always said there should be no full stop in lifeThe sisters say that their father Mangalchand Tilotiya understood the value of education and practised Beti Padhao in reality many years backSarita said The setting up of this university in the rural interiors gave new exposure to the girls They were motivated to pursue higher education after the varsity opened in the interiorsSarita is 41 and was married at the age of 16 However her father continued to be her inspiration and hence she started helping her husband in business He was into food grains marketing I understood the pains of farmers after getting into my husbands business Hence I choose my research work on study of the concept of farmers towards agricultural produce marketing of Jhunjhunu district and the attitude and awareness of farmers towards traditional and eprocurementKiran 37 pursued her doctorate in chemistry on water pollution and now is serving a government job However she is open to accept anything challenging for the cause of society and nation Her husband is into real estate and is quite supportiveI pursued my education in water pollution due to industrial effluents its negative impact on human life and its abatement using scientific approach in India with special reference to Jaipur region under the supervision of Dr Rakesh Kumar says KiranThe youngest Anita pursued her PhD in Education According to her the set up of university premises in rural area is an inspiration for all locals who are now wanting to go for higher education I am keen to contribute to the education sector and hence have pursued doctorate in education she saysI pursued my doctorate under Dr DL Pareek and Dr Shyam Sundar on social availability creativity motivation and environmental awareness in the context of women empowerment in teachers she addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever