词条 | Daulat Singh Kothari |
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|image=Daulat Singh Kothari 2011 stamp of India.jpg |image_size = 240px |caption=Kothari on a 2011 stamp of India |birth_date=6 July 1906 |birth_place=Udaipur, Rajasthan, India |death_date=4 February 1993 (aged 86) |death_place=Delhi, India }}Daulat Singh Kothari (6 July 1906 – 4 February 1993) was an eminent Indian scientist and educationist.[1] Early life and educationD. S. Kothari was born in Udaipur in Rajasthan on 6 July 1906.[1] He had his early education at Udaipur and Indore and received a master's degree in physics from Allahabad University in 1928 under guidance of Meghnad Saha. For his PhD, Kothari worked at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge under the supervision of Ernest Rutherford, to whom he was recommended by Meghnad Saha. Role as an educationistAfter his return to India, he worked at the Kaiden University from 1934 to 1961 in various capacities as reader, professor and Head of the Department of Physics. He was scientific advisor to Ministry of Defence from 1948 to 1961 and was then appointed as chairman of the University Grants Commission in 1961 where he worked till 1973.[1] He was the chairman of the Indian Education Commission of 1964–66, popularly known as Kothari Commission, which was the first ad hoc commission set up in India for the modernization and standardization of education in India.[1][2] Achievements and honoursD. S. Kothari was president of the Indian Science Congress at its golden jubilee session in 1963. He was elected President of Indian National Science Academy in 1973. His research on statistical thermodynamics and his Theory of White Dwarf Stars gave him an international reputation.[3] The Padma Bhushan was conferred on him in 1962, and the Padma Vibhushan in 1973.[4] He was also listed as a "Proud Past Alumni" by the "Allahabad University Alumni Association.[5][6][7] In 2011, the Department of Posts issued a commemorative stamp in his honour. He was conferred Atmaram Award in 1990 by the Central Hindi Directorate, Ministry of Human Resource Development.[8] References1. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIzxOu57WgsC&pg=PA176 | title=Landmarks In The History Of Modern Indian Education, 6E | publisher=Vikas Publishing House | author=J C Aggarwal | year=2009 | page=626 | isbn=9788125924029}} {{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1960–69}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kothari, Daulat Singh}}{{India-scientist-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://mohitpuri.pbworks.com/w/page/11465802/Indian%20Education%20Commission%201964-66 | title=Indian Education Commission 1964-66 | publisher=PB Works | date=2015 | accessdate=20 June 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032451/http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/dkothari.htm Daulat Singh Kothari – The Architect of Defence Science in India]. vigyanprasar.gov.in 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }} 5. ^"He is Proud Past Alumni Allahabad University". Allahabad university Alumni Association 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115090226/http://www.auaa.in/proudpast.html|archivedate=15 January 2008|title=Allahbad University Alumni Association : Our Proud Past|date=15 January 2008|publisher=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120707073335/http://auaa.in/?page_id=31|deadurl=yes|title=Our Proud Past|date=7 July 2012|archivedate=7 July 2012|publisher=}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=List of Awardees |url=http://khsindia.org/india/en/awards/award-categories/atmaram-award.html |website=Khsindia |accessdate=26 January 2019}} 11 : 1905 births|1993 deaths|20th-century Indian physicists|Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering|Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service|University of Allahabad alumni|People from Udaipur|Scientists from Rajasthan|Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy|Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences|Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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