Inaugural Address on Contribution of Professor D. R. Gadgil to Agricultural Development Policy and the Present Scenario

Professor Chitre, Dr. Khirsagar and distinguished participants, I consider it a rare privilege to be associated with this function and workshop. A visit to Gokhale Institute is home coming. I see many of my old friends here: Professor Wadhwa, Dr. Apte and Professor Gadam. They were my teachers in some respect and also close friends. I pursued my doctoral studies here. Professor D. R. Gadgil taught me research methodology. I must say that I have yet to come across another scholar of his eminence. I have met a number of scholars, western and Indian but I have not met a scholar of the distinguishing eminence and intellect of Professor D. R. Gadgil Professor D. R. Gadgil was a product of the independence movement and he was thickly involved in the building of the nation, particularly, in the building of a moral society in the post-independence period.