213,219 profiles ranked

Irawati Karve

Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, and writer (1905-1970) · India · Academics · Died at 64

Irawati Karve is read about 53 times a day, in 19 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

Irawati Karve was an Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist and writer from Maharashtra, India. She was one of the students of G.S. Ghurye, the founder of sociology in India. She has been regarded as the first female Indian sociologist.

Also in Deutsch

Photos 3

Iravati Karve (1st row leftmost) with C. V. Raman and D. K. Karve (3rd and 2nd from right respectively in 1st row), in SNDT Women's University Convocation, 1935Iravati Karve (1st row leftmost) with C. V. Raman and D. K. Karve (3rd and 2nd from right respectively in 1st row), in SNDT Women's University Convocation, 1935Statue of Irawati Karve, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Statue of Irawati Karve, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award1968

In their orbit

Child: Gauri Deshpande

About this person

Country
India
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1970 · aged 64

Academics from India 6

Sugata Mitra49.0Sulochana Gadgil48.9Preetha Krishna49.0Vinod Rai48.9Kaushik Basu49.0Probal Dasgupta48.9

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.