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{{short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = P. R. Dubhashi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|03|07}}
| birth_place = [[Karwar]], Karnataka, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|31|1930|3|7|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
|nationality = Indian
| occupation = Civil servant, social scientist
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>Shiromani Award<br>Ganesh Saraswati Thakurdesai Award<br>Lokhitwadi Gopal Hari Deshmukh Award
}}
'''Padmakar Ramachandra Dubhashi''' (7 March 1930 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian civil servant, administrator, author, [[social scientist]] and academician, known for his administrative and academic abilities. He was a pioneer of [[Cooperative movement]] and was instrumental in housing the [[Goa University]] in a new campus, a feat he accomplished during his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of the University.<ref name="BVB Pune">{{cite web | url=http://www.bvbpune.org/about-us-profile-dr-dubhashi.html | title=BVB Pune | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him, in 2010, with [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award, for his services to the nation.<ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma announcement | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==

P. R. Dubhashi was born on 7 March 1930 in [[Karwar]] district of the South Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. He received a MA and a Ph.D from [[Pune University]] and a DLitt from [[Bombay University]].<ref name="BVB Pune" /> In 1953, he joined the [[Indian Administrative Service]].<ref name="Babus of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.babusofindia.com/2010/01/journey-of-former-bureaucrats-bk.html | title=Babus of India | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

He started his career in [[Davangere]], as a divisional officer. During a career as a public servant starting in 1953, he held many posts of importance such as Divisional Commissioner, Additional Secretary in the [[Ministry of Agriculture]], the Director of the [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]] (IIPA) and the Government Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, from where he retired in 1981.<ref name="BVB Pune" /><ref name="Babus of India" /> In between, he was selected for British Council scholarship to the [[London School of Economics]] where he obtained a post graduate diploma in Economic and Social Administration, in 1963.<ref name="BVB Pune" /><ref name="Babus of India" />

The Government of India continued to make use of his service, even after his retirement and he served in such capacities as member of the Expert Committee on Rural Finance for [[NABARD]] and as the Chairman of the Management Institutes Committee for the Pune University. He was also active organising conferences and delivering key lectures such as [[Dr. Zakir Hussain]] Memorial Lecture and [[John Mathai (administrator)|John Mathai]] Memorial Lecture.<ref name="BVB Pune" /> In 1990, he was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Goa University]]. By the time he retired from the post in 1995, he was successful in moving the University to a new campus.<ref name="BVB Pune" /> He has also worked with international agencies like IFAD and Asian Development Bank as consultant.<ref name="BVB Pune" /> He was the Chairman of [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]], at its Pune centre.

Dubhashi was married to Sindhu and the couple had a daughter, Medha and a son, Devadatt, both pursuing academic careers.

==Awards and recognitions==
* [[Padma Bhushan]] – 2013
* Lokhitwadi Gopal Hari Deshmukh Award – Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad – 2006<ref name="BVB Pune" />
* Ganesh Saraswati Thakurdesai Award – Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad – 1999<ref name="BVB Pune" />
* Shiromani Award – 1993<ref name="BVB Pune" />

* [[Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics]], Pune has named an annual lecture after him.<ref name="Lecture">{{cite web | url=http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/handle/10973/15499 | title=Lecture | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

==Writings==
Dubhashi authored 27 books of which 21 are in English and 6 in Marathi. He wrote on topics such as economic planning, public administration, rural development, cooperative movement and other social issues. .<ref name="writings">{{cite web | url=http://www.bvbpune.org/about-us-profile-dr-dubhashi.html | title=Writings | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

===Books===
* Essays in Public Administration, 1985
* {{cite book | title=Policy and Performance: Agricultural and Rural Development in Post-Independence India | publisher=SAGE Publications | author=P. R. Dubhashi | year=1986 | pages=320 | isbn=978-0803995161}}
* Administrative Reforms, 1986
* Essays in Development Administration, 1986
* Economic Thought Of The Twentieth Century And Other Essays, 1995
* Recent Trends in Public Administration, 1995
* Essays on rural development, 1996
* {{cite book | title=Building up a new university | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=P. R. Dubhashi | year=2000 | pages=207 | isbn=978-8177640083}}
* Pursuing Idealism Through Civil Service: Memories of an Administrator and a Trainer, 2007

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==External links==
* List of Books on [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/P.-R.-Dubhashi/e/B001ICNI1M | title=Amazon | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>
* List of articles on Mainstream Weekly<ref name="Article list">{{cite web | url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/auteur229.html | title=Article list | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhushan]] award ceremony video coverage on YouTube<ref name="Award ceremony">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zooragh1ITs | title=Award ceremony | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>
* On [[Google Scholar]]<ref name="Google Scholar">{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_q=People%27s+Movement+against+Global+Capitalism&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=any&as_sauthors=P+R+Dubhashi&as_publication=%22Economic+and+Political+Weekly%22&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_allsubj=all&hl=en&lr= | title=Google Scholar | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>
* Articles on [[Economic and Political Weekly]]<ref name="Articles on EPW">{{cite web | url=http://www.epw.in/authors/p-r-dubhashi | title=Articles on EPW | publisher=Economic and Political Weekly | access-date=7 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service]]
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]
[[Category:People from Karwar]]
[[Category:People from Uttara Kannada]]
[[Category:Konkani people]]

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