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{{short description|Indian marine engineer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bibhusita Das
| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| education = [[C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneshwar]] ([[B.Tech.]])
| occupation = On-board marine engineer
| known_for = Odisha’s first woman marine engineer
}}

'''Bibhusita Das''' is an Indian marine engineer. She is first [[Odia people|Odia]] woman to become a marine engineer.<ref name="ORIYA"/><ref name="Senapati"/><ref name="Chandrakar"/> Das is the first woman from [[Odisha]] to serve as an officer on a shipping vessel.<ref name="karTELE19jan2013">{{cite web |last1=Kar |first1=Majoj |title=Girl ahoy! Maiden sailor first for state - Bibhusita Das is lone woman among 26 crew members on her ship |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/girl-ahoy-maiden-sailor-first-for-state-bibhusita-das-is-lone-woman-among-26-crew-members-on-her-ship/cid/346331|date=January 18, 2013 |publisher=The Telegraph |accessdate=2 January 2019|quote="This young woman ... is the first woman officer from Odisha onboard a shipping vessel"}}</ref><ref name="NIE21jan2013">{{cite web |title=Woman sailor makes Odisha proud |date= 21 January 2013 |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2013/jan/21/woman-sailor-makes-odisha-proud-445015.html |publisher=New Indian Express |accessdate=2 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="HB27jan2013">{{cite web |title=First Odisha woman officer onboard a vessel |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/First-Odisha-woman-officer-onboard-a-vessel/article20569350.ece |publisher=Hindu Businessline |date= January 27, 2013 |accessdate=2 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="HINDU28jan2013">{{cite web |title=Odia girl becomes marine engineer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/odia-girl-becomes-marine-engineer/article4352590.ece |date= January 28, 2013|publisher=The Hindu |accessdate=2 January 2019}}</ref>
As the only woman in an otherwise all-male crew she has defied social pressure and set aside societal conventions to do so.<ref name="Senapati">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/First-Odia-lady-marine-engineer-achieves-cargo-dreams/articleshow/18872422.cms|title=First Odia lady marine engineer achieves cargo dreams - Times of India|work=The Times of India|date=March 9, 2013| author=Ashis Senapati |access-date=2018-11-01}}</ref><ref name="ORIYA"/>

==Early life and education==
Bibhusita Das was born and brought up in [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]].<ref name="karTELE19jan2013"/> Her father Kurunakar Das is a retired [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] (BSNL) employee.<ref name="HB27jan2013"/> The youngest of four sisters, she credits her parents for their support<ref name="NIE21jan2013"/> and encouragement.<ref name="Senapati"/>

{{quote|My mother and father always encouraged us to study and said there was no difference between a girl and a boy. All my three sisters are engineers. But I am the only marine engineer.|Bibhusita Das<ref name="Senapati"/>}}Das completed a four-year [[Bachelor of Technology]] (B. Tech.) at [[C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneshwar]], Odisha in 2007. She was the only one of the 7 girls in her engineering group to opt for on-board sailing.<ref name="Chandrakar"/>

== Career ==
After working as a lecturer in [[Tirunelveli]] for six months, she was hired by the [[Shipping Corporation of India]] and opted for an on-board position.<ref name="Chandrakar">{{Cite web|url=http://www.odishashines.com/meet-odishas-first-woman-marine-engineer/|title=Meet Odisha's First Woman Marine Engineer;Queen Of The Blue Ocean;Proud Of You!|author=Priyanka Chandrakar|date=January 2018|website=Odisha Shines|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-01|quote="She graduated with marine engineering at CV RAMAN college in Bhubaneswar in 2007... I joined my first vessel going from Chennai to Port Blair in 2008"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130114447/http://www.odishashines.com/meet-odishas-first-woman-marine-engineer/|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, she was promoted to [[Third Engineer|third engineer]] at the Shipping Corporation of India.<ref name="ORIYA">{{Cite news|url=http://incredibleorissa.com/en/bibhusita-das-first-oriya-woman-marine-engineer/|title=Bibhusita Das became first Oriya woman marine engineer|date=2013-03-10|work=ORIYA NEWS|access-date=2018-11-01|language=en-US|quote=" Bibhusita said she got the job of a third engineer last year in Shipping Corporation of India and opted for onboard sailing."}}</ref> In 2013, as the Marine Engineer of the [[cargo ship]] MV Biswamahal, Bibhusita Das was felicitated by the [[Port Trust Board (India)|Port Trust]], after the ship arrived in [[Paradip Port|Paradip port]] en route from [[Australia]].<ref name="Senapati" />

Her work can involve hard physical labor managing the ship's machinery. Voyages can last up to six months at a time.<ref name="Senapati"/> Her job has enabled her to travel to many countries including Australia, South Africa, Turkey, Britain, and Germany.<ref name="ORIYA"/><ref name="Senapati"/>

== Personal life ==
{{As of|2018}} she lived at Koel Nagar, [[Rourkela]].<ref name="Chandrakar" />

== See also ==
* [[Women in engineering]]
* [[Marine engineering]]
* [[Kiran Bedi]]
* [[Seema Rao]]
* [[Punita Arora]]

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