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'''Bidhu Bhusan Das''', also spelled '''Bidhubhusan Das'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89267884.html |title=Das, Bidhu Bhusan, 1922- - LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress) |publisher=Id.loc.gov |date= |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref> (11 April 1922 – 2 June 1999), was a revered and legendary public intellectual, educator, professor and senior government official from India. Das received an A.M. from [[Columbia University]] and an M.Litt. from [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. He also studied at [[Harvard University]]. Earlier, he earned an M.A. in English from Patna University.<ref>[[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.</ref> He was made a Fellow of the Economic Development Institute of the [[World Bank]], (now called the [[World Bank Institute]]), in 1971.<ref>http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/434081468915588587/text/932140WP0Direc070Box114004B00OUO090.txt</ref>
'''Bidhu Bhusan Das''', also spelled '''Bidhubhusan Das'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89267884.html |title=Das, Bidhu Bhusan, 1922- - LC Linked Data Service (Library of Congress) |publisher=Id.loc.gov |date= |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref> (11 April 1922 – 2 June 1999), was a public intellectual, educator, professor, senior government official, and university president/Vice Chancellor from India.


==Students==
== 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,<ref>Thacker's Indian Directory (p 23), 1935.</ref> and the poet Nirmala Devi.<ref>Panchami Manoo Ukil, ''Nirmala Devi: The Mystic Odia Poet'', Odisha Story Bureau, 19 August 2016.</ref><ref>Sachidananda Mohanty (ed), "''Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950,''SAGE Publications, 2005."</ref> Das received an A.M. from [[Columbia University]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} and an M.Litt. from [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]].<ref>[[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.</ref> Earlier, he earned an M.A. in English from Patna University.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Bidhu Bhusan Das's roster of two generations of distinguished students rose to become Chief Justices of the [[Supreme Court of India]]; Chief Ministers, governors and ministers of Indian states; speakers and union ministers in the [[Parliament of India]]; top-ranked government officials, from the [[Indian Administrative Service]], [[Indian Police Service]] and other central government services; diplomats, educators, industrialists, attorneys, army generals, scholars, scientists, poets, filmmakers, painters and novelists.<ref> Amrutara Santana: The Dynasty of the Immortals by Gopinath Mohanty. Translated by Bidhu Bhusan Das, Prabhat Nalini Das and Oopali Operajita. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2015. {{ISBN|978-81-260-4746-8}} </ref>
 
== Education and Influence of American, British and European Academics, Writers and Thinkers ==
Bidhu Bhusan Das's contribution to the making of the modern, newly independent Odisha and India is both noteworthy and unique. His sensibilities were honed at [[Columbia University]] by his teachers, [[Lionel Trilling]], [[Edmund Wilson]], [[Jacques Barzun]], [[Marjorie Hope Nicolson]], [[Mark Van Doren]] and [[Joseph Campbell]], and, at [[Harvard University]], by [[I. A. Richards]] and [[William Empson]]. At [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], Das was taught by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], [[W. H. Auden]], [[A. J. Ayer]], [[Isaiah Berlin]], [[C. S. Lewis]], [[Helen Gardner (critic)|Helen Gardner]], [[Maurice Bowra]], [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]] and [[Lord David Cecil]]. His thesis supervisor at Oxford University was [[J. I. M. Stewart]]. Das's students in India thus directly benefited from his teaching and thought, and were influenced by the wide, eclectic and deep canvas of outstanding American, British and European professors, scholars, thinkers, writers and philosophers.<ref>Amrutara Santana: The Dynasty of The Immortals by Gopinath Mohanty. Translated by Bidhu Bhusan Das, Prabhat Nalini Das and Oopali  Operajita. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. 2015. {{ISBN|978-81-260-4746-8}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Das started teaching in [[Ravenshaw University]] in 1944. He became Sonepur Professor of English at Ravenshaw in 1950.<ref name="DNatBio">{{cite book |last1=Jena|first1=K.C. |title=Dictionary of National Biography (Supplement) |date=1986 |publisher=Prof N.R. Ray, Institute of Historical Studies |location=Calcutta |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.100392/2015.100392.Dictionary-Of-National-Biography-Supplement-Vol-1a-d1986_djvu.txt |accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> 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 1963–68, and Principal of [[Ravenshaw University]] in 1968. After this, from 1968 until 1980, he was instrumental in shaping Odisha's educational policy as Director of Public Instruction and Vice Chancellor of Utkal University.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Poetry of Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams |first=Harihar |last=Rath |edition=Reprinted |publisher=Atlantic Publishers |year=2003 |isbn=978-8-126-90186-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGrfD77a9jgC&pg=PP13 |page=13}}</ref> Das taught English and American literature, comparative literature, linguistics and philosophy at Ravenshaw, Tribhuvan, Ranchi, Utkal and NEHU (Shillong) University. He turned down an offer to become Vice Chancellor of Sambalpur University. He was appointed Advisor to Chief Minister Jamir of Nagaland and helped set up [[Nagaland University]], a [[Central University, India]], (established by an [[Act of Parliament]]), in 1989, in pivotal ways, and, as well, by writing its entire set of statutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://manik-biswanath-charitable-trust.webnode.in/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Manik Biswanath Memorial Charitable Trust |date=2013 |accessdate=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Utkal University |url=http://management.ind.in/forum/attachments/f2/2519d1348461594-utkal-university-phd-utkal-university-information-bulletin.pdf |title=Chancellors/Vice-Chancellors |work=Information Bulletin 2013-2013 |accessdate=2018-11-20 |page=3}}</ref>
Das started teaching in [[Ravenshaw University]] in 1944. He became Sonepur Professor of English at Ravenshaw in 1950.<ref name="DNatBio">{{cite book|last1=Jena|first1=K.C.|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.100392/2015.100392.Dictionary-Of-National-Biography-Supplement-Vol-1a-d1986_djvu.txt|title=Dictionary of National Biography (Supplement)|date=1986|publisher=Prof N.R. Ray, Institute of Historical Studies|location=Calcutta|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> 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 1963–68, 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.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013|title=About Us|url=http://manik-biswanath-charitable-trust.webnode.in/about-us/|publisher=Manik Biswanath Memorial Charitable Trust|accessdate=2014-08-12}}</ref> 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, India|central university]], in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chancellors/Vice-Chancellors|url=http://management.ind.in/forum/attachments/f2/2519d1348461594-utkal-university-phd-utkal-university-information-bulletin.pdf|work=Information Bulletin 2013-2013|publisher=Utkal University|page=3|accessdate=2018-11-20}}</ref>


The [[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar|Institute of Physics in Bhubaneswar]], was founded by Das. It is now a part of India's Department of Atomic Energy.<ref>https://www.scienceteen.com/top-physics-research-institute-of-indiaunofficial/</ref>
The [[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar|Institute of Physics in Bhubaneswar]] was founded by Das.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Physics Research Institutes of India » Scienceteen|url=https://www.scienceteen.com/top-physics-research-institute-of-indiaunofficial/}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2021|reason=citation links to the Institute's website, where the "overview" doesn't mention Das at all [https://www.iopb.res.in/overview]}} It is now a part of India's Department of Atomic Energy.


== Family ==
== Family ==
Bidhubhusan Das was born in [[Puri]], Orissa, in 1922, and was the eldest child of
Das and his wife, [[Prabhat Nalini Das]], had three children, including [[Oopali Operajita]].<ref>https://www.voiceamerica.com/guest/17097/ashutosh-sheshabalaya</ref> Das's maternal aunt was the leader, feminist, writer and social activist [[Sarala Devi]].<ref>http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2014/August/engpdf/43-45.pdf.</ref> Das's maternal uncle, [[Nityanand Kanungo]], was a prominent Indian politician from the state of Odisha.<ref>http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2#.</ref>
Rai Bahadur Durga Charan Das, a senior government official in both British India and independent India, from the [[Indian Administrative Service]],<ref>Thacker's Indian Directory (p 23), 1935.</ref> and his mother was the poet Nirmala Devi,<ref>Panchami Manoo Ukil, ''Nirmala Devi: The Mystic Odia Poet'', Odisha Story Bureau, 19 August 2016.</ref> who was descended from the aristocracy, the [[Zamindar|former rulers of the province]] and a daughter of [[Dewan]] Basudev Kanungo, who was renowned for his philanthropy.<ref>Sachidananda Mohanty (ed), "''Early Women's Writings in Orissa, 1898-1950,''SAGE Publications, 2005."</ref> He married [[Prabhat Nalini Das]], who went on to become a respected professor in her own right. His maternal aunt, the leader, feminist, writer and social activist [[Sarala Devi]], was the first woman legislator from Odisha, the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]'s first female Speaker, and a friend and colleague of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref>http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2014/August/engpdf/43-45.pdf.</ref> Das's maternal uncle, [[Nityanand Kanungo]], was a prominent Union Minister in Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s first post-independence cabinet, and successive cabinets, and was subsequently appointed Governor of Gujarat and the united Bihar by Nehru and Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]].<ref>http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2#.</ref> His children are Prajna Paramita, the first Odia girl to qualify for India's coveted [[Indian Foreign Service]] and the [[Indian Administrative Service]], opting for the former as she placed amongst the top candidates; [[Oopali Operajita]], Distinguished Fellow at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], a Senior Advisor to leaders in the [[Parliament of India]], Planetary Woman Hero and virtuoso Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancer; and Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, journalist and technology consultant, who wrote the bestseller, "Rising Elephant".<ref>https://www.voiceamerica.com/guest/17097/ashutosh-sheshabalaya</ref>
 
== Professor Bidhu Bhusan Das Memorial Lecture ==
 
A memorial lecture has been instituted in Professor Das's honour, and, in 2013, was delivered at the [[Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology]] by Dr. [[Shashi Tharoor]], a former UN Under Secretary General, Minister of State for External Affairs and [[Member of Indian Parliament|Member of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title=Call for greater industry-academia collaboration in research |date=4 October 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/call-for-greater-industryacademia-collaboration-in-research/article5199548.ece}}</ref> The second memorial lecture was delivered in 2016 by [[R Gopalakrishnan]], Executive Director of  [[Tata Sons]], with Justice [[Ananga Kumar Patnaik]], of the [[Supreme Court of India]], in the chair.{{fact|date=July 2019}}
 
== Publications ==
== Publications ==
*{{cite journal |title=Some Criteria of Acceptability in Translation |journal=Journal of Literary Studies |volume=13 |issue=2 |year=1989}}
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |title=Human Resource Management In Public Service |first=Santrupt |last=Misra |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-8-170-99408-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57sVJe2bsasC&pg=PA64 |page=64}}
*{{cite book |title=Human Resource Management In Public Service |first=Santrupt |last=Misra |year=1992 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-8-170-99408-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57sVJe2bsasC&pg=PA64 |page=64}}


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Bidhu Bhusan Das
Born(1922-04-11)11 April 1922
Puri, Odisha
Died2 June 1999(1999-06-02) (aged 77)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
NationalityIndian
EducationA.M. Columbia University
M.Litt. University of Oxford
OccupationProfessor, University President/Vice Chancellor
Years active1943 - 1999
Spouse(s)Prabhat 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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 1963–68, 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]

The Institute of Physics in Bhubaneswar was founded by Das.[9][failed verification] It is now a part of India's Department of Atomic Energy.

Family[edit | edit source]

Das and his wife, Prabhat Nalini Das, had three children, including Oopali Operajita.[10] Das's maternal aunt was the leader, feminist, writer and social activist Sarala Devi.[11] Das's maternal uncle, Nityanand Kanungo, was a prominent Indian politician from the state of Odisha.[12]

Publications[edit | edit source]

  • "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[edit | edit source]

  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. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Chancellors/Vice-Chancellors" (PDF). Information Bulletin 2013-2013. Utkal University. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Top Physics Research Institutes of India » Scienceteen".
  10. ↑ https://www.voiceamerica.com/guest/17097/ashutosh-sheshabalaya
  11. ↑ http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2014/August/engpdf/43-45.pdf.
  12. ↑ http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2#.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

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