T. D. J. Nagabhushanam (1928 - 2016)[3] 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[1] until it became a constituent College of the APAU in 1964.[1] After nearly three decades of teaching [1] in Bapatla, Nagabhushanam became the Principal[7] during the 1980s[1] 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[10] during the 1950s[10] 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]
^ abFifty Years of Research and Education in Agricultural Economics 1960-2010, IARI, New Delhi, 2010, pp.8, 96.[2]
^ abcdefghObituary notice on Thathapudi David Jesse Nagabhushanam in Obituary Today.[3]
^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.[4]
^Noorbasha Abdul, Economic Aspects of Production Credit Scheme, Printwell, Jaipur, 1992, p.vii.[8]
^Rural Development: A Register of Researches in India, 1983-84, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 1985, p.35.[9]
^ abcList 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.[10]
^Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Hyderabad, 1963, p.564.[11]
^T. D. J. Nagabhushanam, Betel Leaf Production and Marketing in Guntur District in Andhra Agricultural Journal, Volume 3, 1956, pp.99-104.[12]
^K. Krishna Kishore, Economics of cotton cultivation in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, APAU, Hyderabad, 1989.[13]
^S. Satyanarayana, Irrigation and Drainage Systems and Water Management in Dissertation and Theses in Water Resources, Volume 2, 1989, p.126.[14]
^The Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics: Organ of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 1993, p.155.[15]
^18th Annual Report of The University of Agricultural Sciences, UAS, Bangalore, 1982, p.22.[16]
^Sowing Circle - The bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 15, Number 1, January–April 2000, pp.24-25.
^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. [18]
