Balkrishna "Raosaheb" Gogte

Balkrishna Gogte
Born 1916
Belgaum, Karnataka
Nationality Indian
Other names Raosaheb
Occupation industrialist
Known for Gogte Mines

Balkrishna "Raosaheb" Gogte (born 1916)[1] was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist and educationist[2][3] who founded the Gogte Mines mining company in Belgaum, Karnataka in 1967.[4] He made significant donations to the Karnataka Law Society, who in turn founded two colleges in his namesake, the Gogte College of Commerce in 1954[5]/1966[6] and the Gogte Institute of Technology in 1979.[7] He was a prominent businessman member of the Chitpavan community.[8][9]

Gogte was born to the Chitpavan brahmin Gogte family in the House of Belgaum to Mahadev Gogte by his wife Kamalabai Late.[10] He was one of 5 children. He married Usha Chiplunkar and together, they had three sons.[11] Gogte's niece, Rekha Gogte married the late Dnyaneshwar Agashe, the managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. and the former vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[12] Another of Gogte's nieces, Anjali Gogte married Dilip Dandekar, the managing director and chairman of Kokuyo Camlin.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Karve, Dattatraya Keshav (1982). Sagaramegha : Raosaheb Baḷakrishna Mahadeva Gogaṭe Yanca Bhautika Ani Almika Avishakara. Mumbai: Bombe Buka Ḍepo. pp. 32,220.
  2. ↑ Kamath, M V (1991). The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist. Jaico Publishing House.
  3. ↑ "The Makings of a millionaire : a tribute to a living legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, industrialist, philanthropist & educationist". WorldCat.
  4. ↑ "Gogte Mines Pvt Ltd". Zauba Corp.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating excellence in education". The Hindu. 4 January 2006. The GCC, which was established in 1954, is named after philanthropist Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, who made a generous donation to the institution.
  6. ↑ "history". klsbelgaum.org. In 1966 college was named after him, as “Gogte College of Commerce” and Raosaheb B.M.Gogte was made a Patron of the Society.
  7. ↑ "History". git.edu. established in the year 1979 with a liberal financial donation by the Late Shri Raosaheb B. M. Gogte, a noted Industrialist and philanthropist.
  8. ↑ "Businessmen". kokanastha.info.
  9. ↑ "Businessmen". kokanastha.com. B M Gogate - Mines Belgaum
  10. ↑ Gogaṭe Kulamaṇḍala 2006, p. 445.
  11. ↑ Gogaṭe Kulamaṇḍala 2006, p. 446.
  12. ↑ Kamath, M. V.; Gogaṭe, Bāḷakr̥shṇa Mahādeva (1991-01-01). The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist. Jaico Publishing House. p. 10 – via Google Books. The eldest daughter Rekha is married to Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Managing Director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate, Pune and an active cricket administrator, being the Vice President of the Cricket Control Board of India.
  13. ↑ Kamath, M. V.; Gogaṭe, Bāḷakr̥shṇa Mahādeva (1991-01-01). The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist. Jaico Publishing House. p. 10 – via Google Books. He married Nalini (nee Lele) and they have a daughter, Anjali, who is married to Dilip Dandekar of Camlin India

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