Bidhu Bhusan Das

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Bidhu Bhusan Das
Born(1922-04-11)11 April 1922
Died2 June 1999(1999-06-02) (aged 77)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
NationalityIndian
EducationA.M. Columbia University
M.Litt. University of Oxford
Occupation(s)Professor, University President/Vice Chancellor
Years active1943 - 1999
SpousePrabhat Nalini Das
Children3, Oopali Operajita
RelativesSarala Devi (Aunt)
Nityanand Kanungo (Uncle)

Bidhu Bhusan Das, also spelled Bidhubhusan Das[1] (11 April 1922 – 2 June 1999), was a public intellectual, educator, professor, senior government official, and university president/Vice Chancellor from India.

Background and education

Bidhubhusan Das was born in Puri, Orissa, in 1922, the eldest child of Rai Bahadur Durga Charan Das, a senior government official in both British India and independent India,[2] and the poet Nirmala Devi.[3][4] Das received an A.M. from Columbia University[citation needed] and an M.Litt. from Christ Church, Oxford University.[5] Earlier, he earned an M.A. in English from Patna University.[citation needed]

Career

Das started teaching in Ravenshaw University in 1944. He became Sonepur Professor of English at Ravenshaw in 1950.[6] In 1959, he was appointed Advisor to King Mahendra of Nepal as part of the Indian Aid Mission under the Colombo Plan, and wrote the entire set of statutes that established Kathmandu's Tribhuvan University. He was Principal of Ranchi College (now Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University) from 1963 to 1968, and Principal of Ravenshaw University in 1968. After this, from 1968 until 1980, he was Director of Public Instruction and Vice Chancellor of Utkal University.[7] Das taught English and American literature, comparative literature, linguistics and philosophy at Ravenshaw, Tribhuvan, Ranchi, Utkal and NEHU (Shillong) Universities. He was appointed advisor to chief minister Jamir of Nagaland and helped set up Nagaland University, a central university, in 1989.[8]

Family

Das and his wife, Prabhat Nalini Das, had three children, including Oopali Operajita.[9] Das's maternal aunt was the leader, feminist, writer and social activist Sarala Devi.[10] Das's maternal uncle, Nityanand Kanungo, was a prominent Indian politician from the state of Odisha.[11]

Publications

  • "Some Criteria of Acceptability in Translation". Journal of Literary Studies. 13 (2). 1989.
  • Literary Criticism - A Reading. Oxford University Press. 1985.
  • Amrutara Santana - The Dynasty of The Immortals by Gopinath Mohanty, translated by Bidhubhusan Das, Prabhat Nalini Das and Oopali Operajita. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. 2015. ISBN 978-81-260-4746-8

References

  1. ^ "Das, Bidhu Bhusan, 1922- - LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress)". Id.loc.gov. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ Thacker's Indian Directory (p 23), 1935.
  3. ^ Panchami Manoo Ukil, Nirmala Devi: The Mystic Odia Poet, Odisha Story Bureau, 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ Sachidananda Mohanty (ed), "Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950,SAGE Publications, 2005."
  5. ^ Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. "A Study of L.H. Myers as a Philosophical Novelist." | Das, B., M.Litt., author || University of Oxford, degree granting institution | ; | 1950 || Thesis (M.Litt.) - University of Oxford, 1950 (Faculty of English Language and Literature; Christ Church.) || ix, 246 leaves; 27 cm. Graduated 19 October 1948. Degree conferred 15 July 1950, in absence.
  6. ^ Jena, K.C. (1986). Dictionary of National Biography (Supplement). Calcutta: Prof N.R. Ray, Institute of Historical Studies. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ "About Us". Manik Biswanath Memorial Charitable Trust. 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Chancellors/Vice-Chancellors" (PDF). Information Bulletin 2013-2013. Utkal University. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Ashutosh Sheshabalaya on Global Reach | Thursday, May 9, 2013". Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. ^ http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2014/August/engpdf/43-45.pdf. Archived 5 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2# Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine.

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