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Dolarrai Mankad, (Template:Lang-hi Template:Lang-gu; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970),[1] full name Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad,[1] was a Gujarati critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his essay Naivedya.[1][2] He was the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University.
Early life and Academic life
Dolarrai Mankad was born in Kutch on 23 January 1902.[1] After completing his primary and secondary education in Saurashtra, he went to Karachi.[1] There he joined Bharat Sarasvati Mandir as an assistant teacher for 1923–25, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years.[3] In 1927 he joined D. J. Science College as a professor for Gujarati language and Sanskrit. He held this office till the partition of India.[1][3]
Then he came to India and became the principal of Vithalbhai Patel University, again for a 2-year term.[3] In coming 7 years, he held the same office in Darbar Gopaldas University.[3] Then he became the director of Haribhai Research Center.[3] Then he went forward to become the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University, and held this position until his death.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 સાહિત્યસર્જક: ડોલરરાય માંકડ, Gadit, Jayanth. Gujarati Sahitya Parishad.
- ↑ Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955–2007. Sahitya Akademi Official website.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Dr. Dolarrai's Life. Dr. Dolarrai Mankad Center for Indological studies and research.