Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was the Finance Minister of India from 1988 to 1989 in Rajiv Gandhi ministry. He also served as the Home Minister of India twice, from 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986 in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet, and from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 in the P. V. Narasimha Rao cabinet.
The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute located in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and started functioning from 20 October 1965. It is currently housed in the Rashtrapati Niwas.
Sindri is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand state, India.
Rev. Fr. Romuald D'Souza, SJ was an Indian Jesuit priest.
Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi was an Indian anthropologist.
Manibhai Bhimbhai Desai was an Indian social activist, associate of Mahatma Gandhi, and a pioneer of rural development.
Vidyajyoti College of Theology is a Catholic private theological college run by the Jesuits located in Delhi, India. It was started in 1879 in Asansol, West Bengal, as a modest 'Saint Joseph’s Seminary'. From 1889 to 1971 it developed in the mountains of Kurseong, near Darjeeling, where it was renamed Saint Mary’s College. From 1972 onwards it has flourished in the neighbourhood of the University of Delhi.
The economy of Maharashtra is the largest in India.
Father Jerome D'Souza, SJ was an Indian Jesuit priest, educationist, writer and member of the Indian Constituent assembly (1946–50).
Rajagopal P. V. is an Indian Gandhian activist, a former Vice Chairman of the New Delhi Gandhi Peace Foundation, and the president and founding member of Ekta Parishad. In 1972, Rajagopal started working alongside Gandhian stalwarts J.P. Narayan and Subba Rao to disarm 578 bandits in the Chambal region of India. Thereafter, the young Gandhian stayed away from dealing with direct violence and focused on the people of Adivasis, bonded labourers, and other landless communities affected by poverty and exploitation.
Jnana Deepa (JD), Institute for Philosophy and Theology is located at Pune, India. It is the academic component of De Nobili college and of Papal Seminary, Pontificium Athenaeum Kandiensis seu Pooniensis. Established by the Jesuits in Kandy in 1893, it was transferred to Pune (India) in 1955. Catering primarily to the formation of candidates to the Catholic priesthood it is run by the Society of Jesus for the education and formation of future Catholic leaders.
Pune is the 9th most populous city in India and one of the largest in the state of Maharashtra.
The Papal Seminary in Pune, India, is a Catholic educational institute whose primary function is training priests.
St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, is a Jesuit college of arts and science affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India. The college was founded in 1923 by Jesuit Fr. Jerome D'Souza (1897–1977).
Rajnikant Shankarrao Arole was born in Supa in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, India on 10 July 1934, the second child of Shankar and Leelawati Salve Arole. His parents were both schoolteachers and his father became Inspector of Schools. The Aroles raised their three sons and four daughters in the faith of the Church of England, inculcating in them Christian ethical and spiritual values that have guided Rajnikant through a lifetime of public service.
Tharailath Koshy Oommen is an Indian sociologist, author, teacher, and Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award in 2008 for his services to the fields of education and literature by the President of India.
Padmakar Ramachandra Dubhashi was an Indian civil servant, administrator, author, social scientist and academician, known for his administrative and academic abilities. He was a pioneer of Cooperative movement and was instrumental in housing the Goa University in a new campus, a feat he accomplished during his tenure as the Vice-Chancellor of the university. The Government of India honoured him, in 2010, with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the nation.
Science and technology studies (STS) in India is a fast growing field of academic inquiry in India since the 1980s. STS has developed in the country from the science movements of the 1970s and 1980s as well as the scholarly criticism of science and technology policies of the Indian state. Now the field is established with at least five generations of scholars and several departments and institutes specialising in science, technology and innovation policy studies.
Alphonsus Flavian D'Souza, was an Indian Jesuit priest and Roman Catholic bishop of Raiganj from 1987 to his death.
Indian Social Institute, Bangalore, has been an extension service of the Jesuits in Pune, New Delhi, India, since the 1950s, working for social change in the interests of poor and underserved peoples. In 1993 it became an independent NGO and took its current name.
