G. S. Ghurye

Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (12 December 1893 – 28 December 1983) was a pioneering Indian academic who was a professor of sociology.[3] In 1924, he became the second person to head the Department of Sociology at the University of Bombay.[4] And, is widely regarded as the founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India.

G. S. Ghurye
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Born(1893-12-12)12 December 1893
Malvan, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died28 December 1983(1983-12-28) (aged 90)[1]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India[2]
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian (formerly British subject
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
SpouseSajubai Ghurye.
Scientific career
FieldsSociology, Anthropology
InstitutionsUniversity of Bombay
Doctoral advisorW. H. R. Rivers & A. C. Haddon
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Early life

G S Ghurye was born, in a Saraswat Brahmin community[5] on 12 December 1893, at Malvan, in present-day Maharashtra.[2] His early schooling was at the Aryan Education Society's High School, Girgaum, in Bombay, and then at Bahadur Khanji High School, Junagadh, in the princely state of Junagadh.[2] He joined Bahauddin college at Junagarh, in 1912, but moved on to Elphinstone College, Bombay, after a year, and received his B. A. (Sanskrit) and M. A. (Sanskrit) degrees from there.[6] He earned the Bhau Daji prize with his B. A., and the Chancellor's gold medal with his M. A. degree.[6] After completing his M. A., Ghurye received a scholarship for further studies in England, and earned his PhD from Cambridge University in 1922.[2] Ghurye was deeply influenced by W. H. R. Rivers, who was his PhD guide.[7] After Rivers' untimely death in 1922, he completed his thesis under A. C. Haddon.[7]

Personal life

Ghurye was married to Sajubai of Vengurla, a town near Malwan.[2] His son, Sudhish Ghurye is a Mathematician and Statistician, and daughter Kumud G. Ghurye was a barrister.[8]

Career

Ghurye was appointed as Head of the Department of Sociology in Bombay University in 1924, and retired in 1959.[9] The department was founded by Patrick Geddes in 1919.[10] However, when Ghurye took it over, it was on the verge of closure. The department came alive once again with Ghurye, and now, Ghurye is regarded as the real founder[11] and "shaped" the study of sociology there from then on.[12]

He also founded the Indian Sociological Society and its newsletter, Sociological Bulletin, and served as head for both.[13] He also headed the Bombay Anthropological Society for some years.[14]

After retirement, he served as Professor Emeritus for Bombay University and at least three festschrifts were produced in his honour, of which two were during his lifetime.[15] He guided a total of 80 research theses and authored 32 books and a number of other papers.[16] Later, at least two theses were written on him.[17]

Among his students were personalities like noted social reformer and intellectual Dr. Uttamrao K. Jadhav,[18] A. J. Agarkar, Y. M. Rege, L. N. Chapekar, M. G. Kulkarni, M. S. A. Rao, Iravati Karve, C. Rajagopalan, Y. B. Damle, M.N. Srinivas, A. R. Desai, D. Narain, I. P. Desai, M. S. Gore, Suma Chitnis and Victor D'Souza.[19] He also had the opportunity to see the "Dr. G. S. Ghurye Award" being instituted in his honour.[20] His book Caste and race in India is regarded as a classic in the field.[21]

Publications
  • G.S. Ghurye (2008) [1932]. Caste and race in India. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-205-5.[21]
  • Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1943). The aborigines -"so-called" – and their future. Pub. by D.R. Gadgil for the economics.
  • G. S. Ghurye (1951). Indian costume, bhāratīya veṣabhūsā. the Popular book depot.
  • Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1952). Race relations in Negro Africa. Asia Pub. House.
  • Govind Sadashiv Ghurye (1995) [1953]. Indian Sadhus. Puopular Prakashan, Bombay.

References

Notes

  1. Pillai, S. Devadas. Indian sociology through Ghurye, a dictionary, "Bhau Daji Lad was a scholar and reform-activist, a nationalist of Bombay [Mumbai] in the second half of the 19th cent."[2]
  2. Dhirendra Narain, The legacy of G.S. Ghurye: a centennial festschrift, "Mrs. Sajubai Ghurye is one of the early authors on cookery, a little too flourishing and profitable a branch of writing these days. Her book in Marathi, my wife tells me, is very good—very accurate in measurement and very systematic in its directions."[22]
  3. Pillai, S. Devadas. Indian sociology through Ghurye, a dictionary, "The Bombay Univ instituted an annual Ghurye Award (qv), during his lifetime, to encourage authors in sociology and anthropology."[23]

Citations

  1. Momin 1996, p. 28.
  2. Pillai 1997, p. 101.
  3. Momin 1996, p. 4; Pillai 1997, p. 13.
  4. University of Mumbai.
  5. "Obituary GS Ghurye". Economic and Political Weekly. 19 (1): 7–8. 5 June 2015.
  6. Pillai 1997, p. 101; Tikekar & Ṭikekara 2006, p. 106.
  7. Momin 1996, pp. 2–3, Chapter author:M. N. Srinivas; Momin 1996, p. 20 Chapter author:Dhirendra Narain
  8. Pillai 1997, p. 102; Momin 1996, pp. 15, 27, Chapter author:Dhirendra Narain; Momin 1996, pp. 37 Chapter author:Sadanand Bhatkal
  9. Pillai 1997, p. 102; Pillai 1976, pp. 27–28; University of Mumbai & _.
  10. Pillai 1997, pp. 119–123; University of Mumbai & _.
  11. Pillai 1997, pp. 119–123.
  12. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar; Chaudury, Sukant K. (2009). "Anthropological Studies of Indian Tribes". In Atal, Yogesh (ed.). Sociology and Social Anthropology in India. Pearson Education India. p. 60. ISBN 9788131720349.
  13. Pillai 1997, pp. 102, 123–124; University of Mumbai & _.
  14. Pillai 1997, p. 102.
  15. Pillai 1997, pp. 14, 102–103; University of Mumbai & _.
  16. Pillai 1997, pp. 103, 126-; Pillai 1976, pp. 29–40 (a discussion of Ghurye's works, see list on p 40); University of Mumbai
  17. Pillai 1997, pp. 103, 392; University of Mumbai & _.
  18. Jadhav, Uttamrao (1972). Is Capital Punishment Necessary?. Mumbai: Anand Publications.
  19. Pillai 1997, pp. 111, 270; University of Mumbai & _.
  20. Pillai 1997, p. 124.
  21. Pillai 1976, p. 29.
  22. Momin 1996, p. 30.
  23. Pillai 1997, p. 103.

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