Thressia was born in Kerala on the 12 March 1924 into a devout Syrian Catholic family.
[1][4] She graduated in 1944, after her degree was compressed to three and half years due to the Second World War.
She soon received a promotion to the Assistant Construction Engineer for the TB Sanatorium, Mulakunnathukavu.
[2] In Roots and Wings, by Shantha Mohan, she is quoted as saying that 'an engineer's life is not as difficult as many women think.
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