Bidhu Bhusan Das

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Bidhu Bhusan Das, also spelled Bidhubhusan Das^[1] (11 April 1922 – 2 June 1999), was a public intellectual, educator, professor, senior government official, and university president/Vice Chancellor from India.

Background and education

Bidhubhusan Das was born in Puri, Orissa, in 1922, the eldest child of Rai Bahadur Durga Charan Das, a senior government official in both British India and independent India,^[2] and the poet Nirmala Devi.^[3][4] Das received an A.M. from Columbia University^{[citation needed]} and an M.Litt. from Christ Church, Oxford University.^[5] Earlier, he earned an M.A. in English from Patna University.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Das started teaching in

Das and his wife, Prabhat Nalini Das, had three children, including Oopali Operajita.^[9] Das's maternal aunt was the leader, feminist, writer and social activist Sarala Devi.^[10] Das's maternal uncle, Nityanand Kanungo, was a prominent Indian politician from the state of Odisha.^[11]

Publications

• "Some Criteria of Acceptability in Translation". Journal of Literary Studies. 13 (2). 1989.
• Literary Criticism - A Reading. Oxford University Press. 1985.
• Amrutara Santana - The Dynasty of The Immortals by Gopinath Mohanty, translated by Bidhubhusan Das, Prabhat Nalini Das and Oopali Operajita. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. 2015.
  ISBN 978-81-260-4746-8

Further reading

• Misra, Santrupt (1992). Human Resource Management In Public Service. Mittal Publications. p. 64.
  ISBN 978-8-170-99408-4
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