Hetukar Jha

Hetukar Jha (5 March 1944 – 19 August 2017) was an Indian author, professor, researcher, and Fulbright Scholar. He was an honorary managing trustee of the Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation.[1][2]

Early life and family

Jha was born on 5 March 1944 in Sarisav Pahi village, Madhubani district, Bihar. His father was Babu Chemkar Jha, also known as Baldeo Jha, and his mother was Mohini Devi. He studied in the village school.[3]

Jha married Indira Singh Jha in 1960 and they had three sons. He donated all of his family heirlooms to the Chandradhari Mithila State Museum, Darbhanga to create a gallery on the name of his father.

Education

Matriculation from Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh Academy, Sarisab Pahi, Dist Madhubani. He attended Patna Science College and went on to Post Graduate work at Patna University. He gained his B.A. Hons. in Sociology at Patna College in 1965, his M.A. in Sociology at Patna University in 1967, and his PhD in Sociology at Patna University in 1980.[3] Won Patna University Students' Union election in 1967-68 and served as Vice President.

Career

He joined Patna University as a Lecturer in Sociology in 1968 and retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology in January 2004.[1][4]

Beginning in 1968, he did research on the societies and cultures of Bihar. Among his conclusions is that: A basic problem is the break down of the traditional village community as a functioning whole.[5]

He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1972 by the US Educational Foundation in India. In 1984–85 he was on the interview-board of Fulbright Scholarship offered by USEFI. He also had a two-year stint as Director of Sulabh Institute of Social Sciences.

Death

Jha died on 19 August 2017 in Patna, Bihar at the age 73.[3][6][7] He was cremated in his native village Sarisav Pahi in Madhubani district.[6] He was survived by his wife and sons.

Books

Jha wrote several books[8]

Notes
  1. "Management". Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation. 2013. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014.
  2. The Maharajadhiraja Kameshwar Singh Kalyani Foundation is headquartered in the Kalyani Niwas (palace) in Darbhanga, which was the residence of the younger queen of the former Maharaja Kāmeshwar Singh of the Raj Darbhanga.
  3. C S Jha ‘Azad’ (26 August 2017). "Mithila loses its illustrious son in sociologist Hetukar Jha". Times of India.
  4. Srivastava, Amitabh (3 January 2011). "The new Bihari". India Today. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. Lindberg, Staffan (30 August 2011). "Patna, Bihar – in another country?". Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), Lund University. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. "Prof Hetukar Jha cremated in native village". Bihar Times. 22 August 2017.
  7. "Doyen of sociology leaves behind void". The Telegraph. 21 August 2017.
  8. "Hetukar Jha (1944–)". Open Library.

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