Dolarrai Mankad

Dolarrai Mankad, (Hindi: डोलरराय मांकद Gujarati: ડોલરરાય માંકડ; 23 January 1902 – 29 August 1970),^[1] full name Dolarrai Rangildas Mankad,^[1] was a Gujarati critic, researcher and poet who won the 1964 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his essay Naivedya.^[1][2] He was the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University.

Early life and Academic life

Dolarrai Mankad was born in Kutch on 29 August 1970.^[1] After completing his primary and secondary education in Saurashtra, he went to Karachi.^[1] There he joined Bharat Sarasvati Mandir as an assistant teacher for 1923–25, after which he became the principal of the same institution again for a term of 2 years.^[3] In 1927 he joined D. J. Science College as a professor for Gujarati language and Sanskrit. He held this office till the partition of India.^[1][3]

Then he came to India and became the principal of Vithalbhai Patel University, again for a 2-year term.^[3] In coming 7 years, he held the same office in Darbar Gopaldas University.^[3] Then he became the director of Haribhai Research Center.^[3] Then he went forward to became the first vice-chancellor of Saurashtra University, and held this position until his death.^[3]

References

See also

• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Gujarati – List of Gujarati language writers who have won the Sahitya Akademi Award.