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Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India

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Title Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India
 
Creator DAS, ANUP KUMAR
DUTTA, BIDYARTHI
 
Subject Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Swadeshi Enterprise
Pharmaceutical Industry
India
British Raj
Colonial Period
History of Entrepreneurship
History of Science
 
Description 70-78
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944) was a legendary scientist
born in India. Acharya PC Ray, as he was popularly known, was an
enthusiastic entrepreneur wholeheartedly devoted to chemical
research and innovation. He became a pioneer in chemical
innovations in modern India. His innovations led to successful
entrepreneurship. While the country is celebrating "Aatmanirbhar
Bharat" initiatives in 2020-22, no big bash celebration was offered to
mark his 160th birthday last year. He was also an outstanding scholar
who wrote a seminal monograph titled "A History of Hindu
Chemistry: From the Earliest Times to the Middle of Sixteenth
Century," published in two volumes, the first in 1902 and the second
volume in 1909.
In this book, he introduced the chemical heritage of India to the
global scholars from original Sanskrit texts. He translated several
Sanskrit texts into English for the readers. He was also at the forefront
of the new education movement for producing scientists and
entrepreneurs with a Swadeshi bent of mind. His autobiography is a
testimony of a Swadeshi entrepreneur who worked in an adverse
environment during the colonial British Raj to promote locally
manufactured chemical and pharmaceutical products. He had
entrepreneurial vigour and necessity; at the same time, he was an
outstanding teacher producing brilliant chemists and scientists for the
country. This paper explores his thoughts and approaches to the
integration of innovation and entrepreneurship while conceptualising
a Swadeshi enterprise during the British Raj.
 
Date 2022-07-27T10:33:36Z
2022-07-27T10:33:36Z
2022-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2278-2796 (Online); 2278-2788 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60164
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source JST Vol.10(1-2) [January-June 2022]