Irawati Karve

January 9, 2024
Anthropologist

Quick Facts

Irawati Karve
Full Name Irawati Karve
Occupation Anthropologist
Date Of Birth Dec 15, 1905(1905-12-15)
Age 119
Date Of Death August 11, 1970, Pune, India
Birthplace Myanmar
Country India
Horoscope Aquarius

Irawati Karve Biography

Name Irawati Karve
Birthday Dec 15
Birth Year 1905
Place Of Birth Myanmar
Birth Country India
Birth Sign Aquarius
Spouse Dinkar Dhondo Karve
Children(s) Gauri Deshpande, Anand Dinkar Karve, Jai Nimbkar

Irawati Karve is one of the most popular and richest Anthropologist who was born on December 15, 1905 in Myanmar, India.

Irawati Karve Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Anthropologist
House Living in own house.

Irawati Karve is one of the richest Anthropologist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Irawati Karve 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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Who is Irawati Karve Dating?

According to our records, Irawati Karve married to Dinkar Dhondo Karve. As of December 1, 2023, Irawati Karve’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Jana Ranked on the list of most popular Anthropologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Irawati Karve celebrates birthday on December 15 of every year.

What are the major contribution of Iravati Karve?

She founded the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pune in

  1. Later, the departments of Sociology and Anthropology were collapsed into one and were later bifurcated. Irawati Karve also served as the head of department of Anthropology at Deccan College, Pune.

What has Iravati Karve called Subcastes?

She then obtained a Dakshina Fellowship to study sociology under G. S. Ghurye at Bombay University, obtaining a master’s degree in 1928 with a thesis on the subject of her own caste titled The Chitpavan Brahmans — An Ethnic Study.

Who was Iravati Karve?

Irawati Karve was an Indian educationist, anthropologist, sociologist and a writer from Maharashtra, India. She was born to G.H. Karmarkar, an engineer in Myingyan, Burma, on December 15, 1905 and died on August 11, 1970. She was named Irawati after the great and sacred Burmese river, Irrawaddy.

What is the contribution of Iravati Karve to the work on communities in

India?

The 1st woman #anthropologist of India, who **used physical & cultural

anthropology to characterize society structure**. A scientist of

international repute, she created a nuanced understanding of the diverse

Indian society.

Which book is written by Irawati Karve?

Books

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