| 词条 | Neera Desai |
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| name = Neera Desai | image = Neera Desai photograph.jpg | alt = Indian woman | caption = Neera Desai | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1925}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|06|25|1925|01|01}} | death_place = Mumbai, India | nationality = India | other_names = | occupation = Academic | years_active = | known_for = Women's Studies frontrunner, academician, social activist. | notable_works = | module={{Infobox academic | doctoral_advisor = I. P. Desai | thesis_title=Gujarati Society in Nineteenth Century: an Analysis of Social Change | thesis_year=1965 | thesis_url= http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/58547}} }}Neera Desai (1925 — 25 June 2009) was one of the leaders of Women's Studies in India and was noted for her contributions as a professor, researcher, academician, political activist, and social worker.[1] She founded the first of its kind Research Centre for Women’s Studies and the Centre for Rural Development in 1974. She joined the SNDT Women's University in 1954 and was a part of various governing bodies as a professor and the Head of Department of Sociology (post-graduate).[2] Early lifeDesai was born in 1925 (date unknown) to a liberal and educated Gujarati family that was involved in and supported the Indian Independence Movement. Desai herself joined the freedom movement at an early age as a schoolgirl when she became a part of the Vanar Sena (Monkey Brigade), founded by Indira Gandhi which helped the underground circulation of political messages and banned publications.[3] Neera did her primary education at the Fellowship School, a co-educational institution which was founded on Theosophist ideology. She joined Elphinstone College in 1942, but soon gave up formal education to take part in the freedom movement post Mahatma Gandhi's initiation of the Quit India Resolution. Neera married Akshaya Ramanlal Desai, a fellow sociologist, in 1947.[4] Eventually completing her studies, Desai concluded her postgraduate studies shortly post Indian independence. Her M.A. thesis focused on Women in Modern India (analysis of women in the Bhakti Movement), which was later published in 1957.[5] Desai died on 25 June 2009 in Mumbai.[6] Professional timelineDesai had a long career of many landmark achievements. Her professional works focused on improving gender studies, bringing in practical experience into academic life through many policy recommendations, harboring and propagating an understanding the links of the civil society and educational curriculum. Listed below is short and by no way complete timeline of some of the positions she held during her career.[1]
Notable worksDesai has written extensively in both English and Gujarati at the intersection of sociology, history, and women's studies.[4] Some of her major works are listed below:
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Neera Desai (1925 – 2009)|url=http://www.iaws.org/neera-desai-1925-2009/|publisher=Indian Association for Women's Studies | accessdate=15 November 2018}} {{authority control}}2. ^{{cite journal|title=Neera Desai (1925-2009): Pioneer of Women's Studies in India|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|date=5 June 2015|volume=50|issue=23|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2009/28/commentary/neera-desai-1925-2009-pioneer-womens-studies-india.html}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Indira Gandhi: Biography, Family, Early days in Politics, Criticisms & Awards|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/government-politics/indira-gandhi.html|website=www.mapsofindia.com}} 4. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Forbes|first1=Geraldine|last2=Thakkar|first2=Usha|title=Foremothers: Neera Desai (b. 1925)|journal=Gender & History|date=1 August 2005|volume=17|issue=2|pages=492–501|doi=10.1111/j.0953-5233.2006.00390.x|language=en|issn=1468-0424}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Indian Association for Women's Studies (IAWS) • Special Issue • December 2009, Volume II, No.5}} 6. ^{{cite journal|last=Patel|first=Vibhuti|title=Neera Desai (1925-2009): Pioneer of Women's Studies in India|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=44|issue=28|date=11 July 2009|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2009/28/commentary/neera-desai-1925-2009-pioneer-womens-studies-india.html|page=11|eissn=2349-8846|issn=0012-9976 |via=Economic and Political Weekly}}{{Subscription required}} 14 : 1925 births|2009 deaths|Indian feminist writers|Indian feminists|Indian sociologists|20th-century Indian women writers|20th-century Indian non-fiction writers|Writers from Mumbai|Women writers from Maharashtra|20th-century Indian educational theorists|Indian women educational theorists|Indian women sociologists|Educators from Maharashtra|Women educators from Maharashtra |
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