Asiatic Society sets up centre in memory of Dr Aroon Tikekar

MUMBAI: The Asiatic Society of Mumbai has set up a centre for advanced studies in memory of scholar, researcher and writer Dr Aroon Tikekar.

MUMBAI: The Asiatic Society of Mumbai has set up a centre for advanced studies in memory of scholar, researcher and writer Dr Aroon Tikekar.

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Tikekar, who contributed to the intellectual life of Mumbai and Maharashtra in the past four decades through his vast collection of essays, editorials, opinion articles and books, died on January 19.

The centre will be dedicated to nurturing scholars and generating research in fields such as history, local history, society, culture, language, and journalism, erstwhile Bombay Presidency and Maharashtra, among others. The centre will also organise workshops, seminars and book exhibitions.

The first Dr. Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship, through this centre, will be awarded on his birth anniversary on February 1, 2017.

The subjects chosen for the inaugural year are the three closest to his work: history of Maharashtra, local history, erstwhile Bombay Presidency.