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Dwijendra Tripathi

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Dwijendra Tripathi (29 July 1930 – 5 September 2018) was a professor of business history at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he worked for more than 25 years. He is considered the "Father of Business History" in India.[1]

Personal life and education

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Dwijendra was born on 29 July 1930 in a village in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, while India was still under British colonial rule. He got a First Class in his Class XII exams in the Arts stream.[2] He studied at the University of Allahabad where he received his Bachelor of Arts in history, economics, and English literature in 1952 and his Master of Arts in history in 1954.[2] He graduated in 1963 from the University of Wisconsin where he pursued a Ph.D. in comparative economic history - India & U.S. as a Fulbright scholar. He was married to his wife Saraswati for more than fifty years, and had three children- Tushar, Parimal, and Smita.[2] He died on 5 September 2018, which is also the day India celebrates Teachers' Day.[3]

Career

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In India

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From August 1954 to April 1964, he worked at the department of history and political science, D.N.J. College, University of Jabalpur.[4] In May 1964, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work at the State Bank of India as a Research Officer in their Historical Research Department.[2] In July 1964 he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he chose to teach in the Economics educational area.[2] He was sent by the institute to the Harvard Business School, which had a tie-up with IIMA, for the International Teachers Programme for a year in 1964.[5] While at IIMA, he was on numerous committees, was the PGP Chairperson for four years, and was also dean for four years.[5] He joined the Board of Governors of IIMA as a faculty representative in the 1980s.[2]

At other universities

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In the summers of 1961, 1962, and 1963 respectively, he worked as an instructor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, George Washington University and Howard University, and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.[4] He was a research assistant at University of Wisconsin from 1961-1962 and 1962-1963.[4] In 1970, he was visiting professor at the Department of American Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.[4] He taught at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City for a year in 1979.[4] From 1985–1986 he was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.[5] He was a visiting researcher (American Fellowship) at Brown University from March to June 1992.[4] In 2002-2003 he was the General President of the Indian History Congress.[1]

To honour his legacy, the International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi will be held on 29-31 August 2019, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.[6]

Writing

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Some of Tripathi's vast range of works include:

  • Dating the Destiny: Thirty Five Years of the Larsen & Toubro. (1975)[4]
  • Themes and Perspectives in American History: Essays in Historiography (1978)[4]
  • The Dynamics of a Tradition: Kasturbhai Lalbhai and His Entrepreneurship (1981)[4]
  • Tribute to Ethics: Remembering Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1983), co-editor[4]
  • Towards a New Frontier: History of the Bank of Baroda (1985)[4]
  • State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective (1987), author and editor [4]
  • Historical Roots of Industrial Entrepreneurship in India and Japan: A Comparative Interpretation (1997)[4]
  • Alliance for Change: A Slum Upgrading Experiment Ahmedabad (1998)[4]
  • The Oxford History of Indian Business (2004)[4]
  • The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business, with Jyoti Jumani (2007)[4]*
  • Dynamics of Ascent: A Centenary History of Bank of Baroda (2007)[4]
  • The Oxford History of Contemporary Indian Business (2013)[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Remembering Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi: The Doyen of Indian Business history". Indian Express. 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Tumbe, Chinmay (2018). "Dwijendra Tripathi (1930–2018)". Business History Review. 92 (4): 745–748. doi:10.1017/S0007680519000035.
  3. ^ Agrawal, Amol; Trivedi, Tana (11 September 2018). "The legacy of a pioneer in business history". livemint.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Tripathi, Dwijendra. "Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi: Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c Spodek, Howard (13 October 2018). "Dwijendra Tripathi (1930–2018) Remembering India's Foremost Business Historian". Economic & Political Weekly. Vol. 53, no. 41.
  6. ^ "International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi International Conference on Indian Business & Economic History in Memory of Prof. Dwijendra Tripathi".