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'''Devdatta Dabholkar''' ([[Devnagari]] देवदत्त दाभोलकर) (23 September 1919 – 17 December 2010) was an [[India]]n educationist, thinker, a [[Gandhi]]an and a [[socialist]], he participated in the movements for social change that took place in [[India]] after it gained independence.<ref name="Sakal-1">{{cite news |title=तर्कशुद्ध विचारांचा मूर्तिमंत आविष्कार: परिवर्तन चळवळीतील विचारवंत शिक्षक|author=Chinchkar Dilip Kumar   |newspaper=[[Sakal]]|location = Mumbai|language=mr|date=2010-12-19|page=9}}</ref><ref name="Mata">{{cite news |title=प्रा. देवदत्त दाभोलकर यांचे निधन
 |url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7123847.cms |newspaper=[[Maharashtra Times]]|language=mr|date=2010-12-18 |access-date=2010-12-20}}</ref>

==Life==
Dabholkar was born on 23 September 1919 at Kolhapur, he was the eldest of ten siblings. He topped the Mumbai University matriculation examination in 1936, he secured his [[Master of Arts|Masters of Arts]] degree, from [[Elphinstone College]], Mumbai.,<ref name="Sakal-1"/> he held many important positions in his career. Dabholkar died on 17 December 2010, at [[Satara (city)|Satara]] where he lived since 1990. He was the brother of [[Narendra Dabholkar|Dr. Narendra Dabholkar]] a medical doctor and social activist.<ref name="Sakal-1"/><ref name="Sakal-2">{{cite news |title=दॉ. देवदत्त दाभोलकर यांचे निधन|newspaper=[[Sakal]]|location = Mumbai|language=mr|date=2010-12-19|page=1}}</ref>

==Positions held==
Dabholkar started his career as a professor in Sangli's [[Willingdon College]] in 1944, later he became founder principal Chintamanrao Patwardhan College – [[Sangli]] (1960–1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chintamanraocollegeofcommercesangli.com/aboutcollege.html|title=Establishment|publisher=Chintamanrao College of Commerce, Sangli|access-date=2010-12-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708145154/http://chintamanraocollegeofcommercesangli.com/aboutcollege.html|archive-date=2011-07-08}}.</ref> Among the other positions he held were principal Willingdon College –  Sangli, principal [[Fergusson College]] – [[Pune]], principal [[Kirti M.Doongursee College]] – [[Mumbai]], Vice Chancellor – [[University of Pune]] (1975–1978), Director [http://www.iiepune.org Indian Institute of Education, Pune], (1978–1981), member of ''The task force on educational finance'' set up by the  Department of Education, member of the ''Educational planning, administration and devaluation committee'' set up by the [[Planning Commission of India]], he was a member of Pradnya Pathshala, [[Wai, Maharashtra|Wai]], and the editor of its journal Navbharat.<ref name="Sakal-1"/>

==Books==
Among the books written by him are A pilot survey of Shirur Taluka – Agro-Industrial Balance, Climbing a wall of Glass: Higher education in Indian, Contemporary relevance of Gandhi, Management of productivity and efficiency of education, Socioeconomic survey of the college teachers in the Poona university area, Sardar Sarovar Debate, O Narmada, Democratic Socialism, Equality of Opportunity in education, Problems in economic development, The challenge of the Chinese aggression, Gandhian economics, Economic planning in India.<ref name="Sakal-1"/>

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