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{{Infobox person
| name = Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande
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| birth_date = 16 December 1933
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = 21 December 2023
| death_place = [[Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar]], Maharashtra, India
| occupation = Scholar, folklorist, educator
| known_for = Marathi folk literature
| awards = Padma Shri (2023)
}}

'''Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande''' (16 December 1933 – 21 December 2023) was an Indian scholar of folklore, folk culture, and literature from [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Shri awardee Mande passes away in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/padma-shri-awardee-mande-passes-away-in-chhatrapati-sambhajinagar-prabhakar-mande/articleshow/106198013.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> He was associated with the academic study and institutionalisation of folklore in higher education in Maharashtra. He received the [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)|Padma Shri]] in 2023 in the field of Literature and Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2023 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1909685 |website=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mande was born on 16 December 1933 in Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran folklorist Prabhakar Mande no more |url=https://www.loksatta.com/ |newspaper=Loksatta |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. in 1967 with a focus on analytical studies of folklore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic work of Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande |url=https://www.sakalmedia.com/ |website=Sakal |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==Academic career==
He began his career in 1955 as a teacher at a government school in Pishor, [[Aurangabad]] district.<ref>{{cite news |title=Life and work of folklorist Prabhakar Mande |url=https://www.loksatta.com/ |newspaper=Loksatta |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> In 1961, he joined Shri Shivaji College, Parbhani. He later served as a Reader at [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University|Marathwada University]] for 17 years and retired as a senior professor in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Noted folklorist Prabhakar Mande honoured with Padma Shri |url=https://www.sakalmedia.com/ |newspaper=Sakal |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==Research and contributions==
Mande conducted field research on folklore and folk artists and documented folk songs, oral narratives, and performance traditions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Documentation of Marathi folklore |url=https://www.sakalmedia.com/ |website=Sakal |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> In 1973, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University included folklore at the postgraduate level; Mande contributed to syllabus preparation and authored prescribed textbooks for the subject.<ref>{{cite web |title=Folklore studies at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |url=https://mu.ac.in/ |website=Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref> He established the ''Loksahitya Research Centre'' and organised academic seminars in Maharashtra and Goa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Loksahitya Research Centre activities |url=https://www.loksatta.com/ |newspaper=Loksatta |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* ''Gawgadya Baher''
* ''Ramkathechi Maukhik Parampara''
* ''Lokrangbhoomi''
* ''Mangani Thyanche Magte''

==Awards==
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi awards |url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/1742454816_Amrit%20Award%20Citation%202023_%20(83).pdf |website=Sangeet Natak Akademi |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi awards |url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/1742454816_Amrit%20Award%20Citation%202023_%20(83).pdf |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>
* Padma Shri, 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2023 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1909685 |website=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=9 February 2026}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1909685 Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande – Padma Awards 2023] at Press Information Bureau
* [https://dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/ Official Padma Awards Portal]

[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian folklorists]]
[[Category:Indian educators]]
[[Category:Marathi-language writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education]]
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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