Saturday, 25 June 2011

Indian Hot Actress Biography Videos Photos 2011

IRAWATI KARVE BIOGRAPHY

Irawati Karve (15 December 1905 - 11 August 1970) was an Indian anthropologist. She was born in Mynjan in Burma and educated in Pune, India. She received a masters degree in Sociology from Pune in 1928 and a doctorate in Anthropology from Berlin in 1930. She served as the Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Deccan College (Pune) till her retirement. She wrote in both Marathi and English on a wide variety of academic subjects as well as topics of general interest. She was the daughter-in-law of Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve. Dinkar Karve, her husband, was an educator. Her daughter, Gauri Deshpande, made a name for herself as a writer. Her granddaughter Nandini Nimbkar is the distinguished alumna of University of Florida. She presided over the Anthropology division of the National Science Congress held in Delhi in 1947. She died in Pune of heart attack in 1970.

HOT IRAWATI KARVE