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A. M. (Arvind Manilal) Shah

Professor Arvind M. Shah (1939-2020) retired from his professorship in the Department of Sociology at the University of Delhi in 1996. He had been a student of M. N. Srinivas in 1952 and became a teacher in sociology at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, in 1958. Shah moved to the University of Delhi in 1961.

According to Hetukar Jha, Shah wrote the first paper on the sociological history of India. He was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) in 2009. He had held the office of ISS President in 1992-93 and had been secretary, sometimes jointly, from 1967 to 1972. Provided by Wikipedia