A. M. (Arvind Manilal) Shah
Indian sociologist (1931–2020)
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Professor Arvind M. Shah (22 August 1931 – 7 September 2020)[1] was an Indian historian and sociologist, known for 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.[2]
According to Hetukar Jha, Shah wrote the first paper on the sociological history of India.[3] He was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) in 2009.[4] He had held the office of ISS President in 1992-93 and had been secretary, sometimes jointly, from 1967 to 1972.[5]
Shah died on 7 September 2020, at the age of 89.[6]
Publications
Among Shah's publications, his The Household Dimension of the Family in India (1973) is regarded as a landmark study and in 2014 was re-issued in a single volume titled The Writings of A. M. Shah: The Household and Family in India, which included some of his later writings on the subject - The Family in India: Critical Essays (1998) and Essays on the Family and the Elderly.[7]
Awards and honours
A festschrift in Shah's honour was published in 2010, entitled Understanding Indian Society: Past and Present (Essays for A M Shah).[8]