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'''Durga Deulkar''' is an [[India|Indian]] [[teacher|educationist]] and [[writer]].<ref name="Worldcat Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ADeulkar%2C+Durga.&qt=hot_author | title=Worldcat Profile | publisher=Worldcat | date=2015 | access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> She is a former [[Director (education)|director]] of [[Lady Irwin College|Lady Irwin College, Delhi]] (1961–1978).<ref name="Past Directors">{{cite web | url=http://www.ladyirwin.edu.in/past_director.aspx | title=Past Directors | publisher=Lady Irwin College | date=2015 | access-date=21 June 2015 | archive-date=3 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603105608/http://www.ladyirwin.edu.in/past_director.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> She has written [[Article (publishing)|articles]]<ref name="Home Economics Education in the Basic Schools of India">{{cite journal | title=Home Economics Education in the Basic Schools of India | journal=Educational Horizons | author=Durga Deulkar | oclc=5792584039 | issn=0013-175X}}</ref> and has published books such as ''A guide to household textiles and laundry work'',<ref name="A guide to household textiles and laundry work">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/guide-household-textiles-laundry-work/dp/B0007JEG18 | title=A guide to household textiles and laundry work | publisher=Atma Ram | author=Durga Deulkar | year=1951 | pages=108 | asin=B0007JEG18}}</ref> ''Household textiles and laundry work''<ref name="Household textiles and laundry work">{{cite book | asin=B007Q84AWS | title=Household textiles and laundry work | publisher=Atma Ram | year=1965 | pages=219 | oclc=1814273}}</ref> and ''An approach to teaching in the basic schools of India, with special reference to home economics''.<ref name="An approach to teaching in the basic schools of India, with special reference to home economics">{{cite book | title=An approach to teaching in the basic schools of India, with special reference to home economics | publisher=Syracuse University | author=Durga Deulkar | year=1956 | pages=192 | oclc=81301351}}</ref> A recipient of a doctoral degree (PhD) from the [[Cornell University]], USA,<ref name="Lady Irwin College Directors">{{cite web | url=http://aiwefa.org/lady-irwin-college/ | title=Lady Irwin College Directors | publisher=All India Women's Education Fund Association | date=2015 | access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Deulkar received the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1976.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

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