T. D. J. Nagabhushanam Explained

T. D. J. Nagabhushanam
Birth Date:17 February 1928[1]
Death Place:Hyderabad, India
Resting Place:Christian Cemetery, Narayanguda, Hyderabad
Other Names:Thathapudi David Jesse Nagabhushanam
Citizenship:Indian
Nationality:Indian
Fields:Agriculture economics
Workplaces:Bapatla (Andhra Pradesh) and Hyderabad (Telangana)
Education:B. Sc. (Andhra),
M. Sc. (Andhra),[2]
Ph.D. (IARI)[3]
Alma Mater:Andhra University, Waltair,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Thesis1 Title:A Study of the Economic and Social condition in Guntur District (1958)
Thesis2 Title:Capital resource productivity and credit limits on farm firms in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh (1970)
Thesis1 Url:https://books.google.com/books?id=bPIZAAAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
Thesis2 Url:http://www.iari.res.in/files/eco-publications-fifty-year_1960-2010.pdf
Thesis Year:1970
Doctoral Advisor:Dr. K. Kanungo, Ph.D. (Iowa)
Known For:Teaching
Awards:Andhra Pradesh State Best Teacher Award 1986-1987[4]

T. D. J. Nagabhushanam (1928 - 2016)[1] was an Agricultural Economist[5] associated initially with the Andhra University in the 1950s followed by the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU)[6] since the 1960s in Bapatla and Hyderabad respectively. Nagabhushanam first taught at the Agricultural College, Bapatla, which was then an affiliated entity of the Andhra University[4] until it became a constituent College of the APAU in 1964.[4] After nearly three decades of teaching [4] in Bapatla, Nagabhushanam became the Principal[7] during the 1980s[4] after which he was made Dean of Agricultural economics[8] and was notable for his research articles that were written over a period of nearly five decades beginning with the 1950s.[9]

Education and career

Nagabhushanam pursued studies in sciences specialising in Agriculture at the Andhra University during the 1950s where his postgraduate research was entitled A Study of the Economic and Social condition in Guntur District[10] and joined the Agricultural College, Bapatla on 4 June 1951[11] as Assistant Lecturer[12] in Agricultural Economics and rose on to become a professor, Principal and finally Dean[13] of Agricultural Economics at the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University. In addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities at the university that included thesis supervision,[14] Nagabhushanam had a flair for scientific research and contributed articles and was also a book reviewer in The Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics[15] and delivered a guest lecture on Methodical Improvements in Agricultural Research in Economics at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in 1981.[16]

During the 1960s, Nagabhushanam was a Lieutenant in the National Cadet Corps.[17] He was also a member of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics and was also elected to its executive committee in the year 1979.[18]

Honorary initiatives

As a reader of the Telugu Bible, Nagabhushanam was also involved in the work of the Bible Societies[1] and was a fund-raiser and member of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary and subsequently in the 1990s, during the tenures of the Auxiliary Secretaries led by the Baptist Priest Lella Prakasam, CBCNC[19] followed by the Old Testament Scholar,[20] G. Babu Rao, CBCNC,[21] he was elevated to the position of a Committee Member and Vice-president[1] of the Auxiliary which was then housed at the Bible House in Secunderabad.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Obituary notice on Thathapudi David Jesse Nagabhushanam in Obituary Today.https://www.obituarytoday.com/obituary-prof-dr-thathapudi-david-jesse-nagabhushanam.html
  2. List of Research Workers in the Agricultural Sciences in the Commonwealth and in the Republic of Ireland, Executive Council, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux., 1972, p.37.https://books.google.com/books?id=1mcgAQAAIAAJ&q=t.d.j.nagabhushanam+Ph.D.
  3. Fifty Years of Research and Education in Agricultural Economics 1960-2010, IARI, New Delhi, 2010, pp.8, 96.http://www.iari.res.in/files/eco-publications-fifty-year_1960-2010.pdf
  4. Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University Silver Jubilee Souvenir, APAU, Hyderabad, 1989, pp.31, 131.https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2046132/1/G16750.pdf
  5. World guide to Universities, Volume 2, Part 2, R.R. Bowker, New Providence, 1977, p.1186.https://books.google.com/books?id=z65KAAAAYAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  6. Universities Handbook: India, Volume 23, Inter University Board of India, New Delhi, 1985, p.42.https://books.google.com/books?id=q0EbAQAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  7. Annual Scientific Report, Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat, 1980, p.8.https://books.google.com/books?id=1PFNAAAAYAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  8. Noorbasha Abdul, Economic Aspects of Production Credit Scheme, Printwell, Jaipur, 1992, p.vii.https://books.google.com/books?id=L1gWAQAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  9. Rural Development: A Register of Researches in India, 1983-84, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 1985, p.35.https://books.google.com/books?id=7tLZAAAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  10. List of subjects in Arts and Sciences in which Research was carried out in the Universities and Research Institutions between June 1954 to May 1958, The Inter-University Board of India, New Delhi, 1959, p.45.https://books.google.com/books?id=bPIZAAAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  11. Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Hyderabad, 1963, p.564.https://books.google.com/books?id=lrgjAQAAMAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  12. T. D. J. Nagabhushanam, Betel Leaf Production and Marketing in Guntur District in Andhra Agricultural Journal, Volume 3, 1956, pp.99-104.https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.351038/2015.351038.The-Andhra_djvu.txt
  13. K. Krishna Kishore, Economics of cotton cultivation in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, APAU, Hyderabad, 1989.https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/71439/1/D3133.PDF
  14. S. Satyanarayana, Irrigation and Drainage Systems and Water Management in Dissertation and Theses in Water Resources, Volume 2, 1989, p.126.https://books.google.com/books?id=CaIsAAAAYAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  15. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics: Organ of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 1993, p.155.https://books.google.com/books?id=-ixHAAAAYAAJ&q=T.+D.+J.+Nagabhushanam
  16. 18th Annual Report of The University of Agricultural Sciences, UAS, Bangalore, 1982, p.22.https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2049551/1/R-7814.pdf
  17. https://archive.org/stream/in.gazette.1964.289/O-1796-1964-0003-81867_djvu.txt Gazette of India, 1964, no. 289
  18. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume XXXIV, Number 1, January–March, 1979.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/268895/files/01%20Front%20Matter.pdf
  19. Sowing Circle - The bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 14, Number 2, May–August 1999, p.45.
  20. https://books.google.com/books?id=txUnAQAAIAAJ&q=babu+rao+old+testament Guide to Indian Periodical Literature, Volume 23, 1989, p.57
  21. Sowing Circle - The bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 15, Number 1, January–April 2000, pp.24-25.
  22. The Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary has been relocated from Secunderabad to Guntur in February 2016. See BSI auxiliary office opened in Guntur in The Hindu, Guntur, February 3, 2016. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/bsi-auxiliary-office-opened-in-guntur/article8185760.ece