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{{Infobox academic
|name = Madhugiri Shamarao Anathapadmanabha Rao
|birth_date = 26 September 1926
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1985|12|12|1926|9|26}}
|known_for = [[Sociology]]
}}
'''Madhugiri Shamarao Anathapadmanabha Rao''' (1926–1985) was a professor of sociology who had been a founder-member in 1959 of the Department of Sociology at the [[University of Delhi]], India. He wrote and edited extensively on subjects such as the social aspects of nutrition, both urban and rural sociology, the sociology of migration, and social dominance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/good-laws-bad-implementation/article5639799.ece|title=Good laws, bad implementation|author=Vasundhara Sirnate|newspaper=The Hindu |author-link=Vasundhara Sirnate|date=1 February 2014|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He conducted much fieldwork as a part of his researches.<ref name=Beteille1986/>

==Birth==
Rao was born on 26 September 1926

==Education and career==
Before involvement at the University of Delhi, Rao had studied at the [[University of Bombay]], and it was there that he formed a lifelong association with [[G. S. Ghurye]]. Rao went on to hold visiting appointments in both the United States (at [[Syracuse University]] and the [[University of Pennsylvania]]) and in Britain (at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]]). He was a frequent participant in academic conferences and travelled widely in order to do so. Recognition of his work came in various forms, including receipt of the G. S. Ghurye Award in 1979, the S. C. Roy Memorial Gold Medal of [[The Asiatic Society]] in 1982, and the publication of at least one ''[[gedenkschrift]]''.<ref name=Beteille1986>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: M S A Rao |first=A. |last=Beteille |author-link=Andre Beteille |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |series=New Series |volume=20 |issue=2 |date=July 1986 |pages=301–302 |doi=10.1177/006996686020002010 |s2cid=144366667 |url=http://cis.sagepub.com/content/20/2/301.extract |access-date=2011-09-22|url-access=subscription }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Urban sociology in India: Reader and source book |editor-first=M. S. A. |editor-last=Rao |publisher=Orient Blackswan |location=New Delhi |year=1974 |isbn=978-0-86125-296-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42gEmX3eGrgC |page=xi (Preface) |access-date=2011-09-22}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Rao died on 12 December 1985, at which point he was, according to [[Andre Beteille]], "at the height of his professional career".<ref name=Beteille1986/> Following his death, a memorial [[scholarship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/news/university-delhi-departmental-scholarships-2017-1264665/|title=University of Delhi Departmental Scholarships 2017|date=23 November 2017|publisher=}}</ref> and an academic award were named for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestmediainfo.com/2011/06/kaveree-bamzai-is-the-new-editor-of-india-today/|title=Kaveree Bamzai is the new editor of India Today|website=www.bestmediaifo.com}}</ref>

==Selected works==
*{{cite book |title=Social change in Malabar |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Popular Book Depot |location=Bombay |year=1957 | oclc=586456586 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jd0iAAAAMAAJ}}
*{{cite book |title=Urbanization and social change: A study of a rural community on a metropolitan fringe |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Orient Longmans |location=New Delhi |year=1970 | oclc=631212837}}
*{{cite book |title=Tradition, rationality, and change: Essays in sociology of economic development and social change |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Popular Prakashan |location=Bombay |year=1972 | oclc=923035217}}
*{{cite book |title=Urban sociology in India: Reader and source book |editor-first=M. S. A. |editor-last=Rao |publisher=Orient Blackswan |location=New Delhi |year=1974 |isbn=978-0-86125-296-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42gEmX3eGrgC}}
*{{cite book |title=Social movements and social transformation: A study of two backward classes movements in India |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Macmillan |location=Delhi |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-333-90255-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZAiAAAAMAAJ}}
*{{cite book |title=Cities and slums: A study of a squatters' settlement in the city of Vijayawada |first1=K. Ranga |last1=Rao |first2=M. S. A. |last2=Rao |publisher=Concept |location=New Delhi |year=1984 | oclc=898794953}}
*{{cite book |title=Food, society, and culture: Aspects in South Asian food systems |first1=R. S. |last1=Khare |first2=M. S. A. |last2=Rao |publisher=Carolina Academic Press |location=Durham, N. C. |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-89089-275-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NIrfAAAAMAAJ}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |title=Sociology of development and change: Essays in memory of Professor M.S.A. Rao |publisher=Orient Longman |location=New Delhi |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-86311-137-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-vZAAAAMAAJ |editor1-first=Chandrashekhar |editor1-last=Bhat |editor2-first=Kondapalli Ranga |editor2-last=Rao |editor3-first=Laxmi Narayan |editor3-last=Kadekar}}
*{{cite journal |title=The 'Bombay School' and Urban Sociology in India |first=N. |last=Jayaram |journal=Sociological Bulletin |volume=62 |issue=2 |date=May–August 2013 |pages=311–323 |doi=10.1177/0038022920130208 |jstor=23621067 |s2cid=151447109 }}

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