Professor Arvind M. Shah (1939-2020) retired from his professorship in the Department of Sociology at the

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in 1996. He had been a student of

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in 1952 and became a teacher in sociology at

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, in 1958. Shah moved to the University of Delhi in 1961. According to Hetukar Jha, Shah wrote the first paper on the sociological history of India. He was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the

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(ISS) in 2009. He had held the office of ISS President in 1992-93 and had been secretary, sometimes jointly, from 1967 to 1972.

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''.

Awards and honours

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in Shah's honour was published in 2010, entitled ''Understanding Indian Society: Past and Present (Essays for A M Shah)''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Arvind Academic staff of Delhi University Academic staff of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Indian sociologists Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 1939 births