Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala

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Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala
Born(1909-09-18)18 September 1909
Agricultural economist
Academic
Writer
Years active1934–1998
Known forAgricultural economic reforms
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala (1909–1998) was an Indian

Indian independence activist and he suffered incarceration for over six years during the Indian freedom struggle. He authored several books and articles on the agricultural sector of India[2] and was the founder chairperson of the Centre For Development Alternatives (CFDA), a research centre promoting development studies.[3] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1969, for his contributions to Indian science and technology.[4]

Biography

Dantwala was born in

Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. Around this time, he also wrote one of his notable works, A Hundred Years of Indian Cotton, a job commissioned by East India Cotton Association and the book had its foreword written by Jawaharlal Nehru.[6]

Dantwala was one of the close collaborators of

Mumbai University[12] and was a National Professor of the Government of India.[13] When Centre For Development Alternatives (CFDA) was established in 1998, he became its founder chairperson, a post he held till his death.[3]

Dantwala, who was associated with several global movements in

Wageningen University, with an honorary doctorate, in 1968.[23] He died on 8 October 1998, aged 89.[1] The story of life has been documented in several obituaries, including Remembering M L Dantwala, in the Economic and Political Weekly,[24] and Professor M.L. Dantwala: A Tribute, in Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, both published in 1998.[25]

Selected bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d P. R. Brahmananda (July 1998). "Obituary: M. L. Dantwala". Indian Economic Journal. 46 (1): 135.
  2. ^ a b "Author profile - WorldCat". WorldCat. 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Board of Trustees". Centre For Development Alternatives. 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ISBN 9780198078555
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  6. OCLC 557684279
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  7. ^ "Practical Trusteeship Formula" (PDF). Larsen Violence of Poverty. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Unemployment: The swelling ranks". India Today. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Working Group on Block Level Planning" (PDF). Planning Commission of India. 1977. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Planning at the Grassroots Level" (PDF). Planning Commission of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. ^ "About CFDA". Centre For Development Alternatives. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  12. ^ "National Professor, Government of India". Sage Publishing. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture". U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment: 374. March 1986.[dead link]
  14. ISBN 9788170228356
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  15. ISBN 8120401182
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  16. OCLC 740856
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  17. OCLC 746873
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  18. ^ M. L. Dantwala (1945). Gandhism Reconsidered. Padma Publications. p. 64.
  19. OCLC 3175125
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  20. ISBN 978-0803992665
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  21. ISBN 9780761992981
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  22. ^ "Honorary Doctorates". Wageningen University. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  23. ^ Ashok Mitra (October 1998). "Remembering M L Dantwala". Economic and Political Weekly. 33 (42–43).
  24. ^ Vaidyanathan, A (October 1998). "Professor M.L. Dantwala: A tribute". Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016.

External links

  • Rajeshwar Prasad (March 2000). "Reviewed Work: Social change through voluntary action". Sociological Bulletin of Indian Sociological Society. 49 (1).
    JSTOR 23619904
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