Madhuri R. Shah

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| birth_date = 13 December 1919

| birth_place = Ranpur, Gujarat, India

| death_date = 29 June 1989

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| occupation = Educationist, writer

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| known for = Educational service

| awards = Padma Shri

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Madhuri Ratilal Shah (13 December 1919 – 29 June 1989){{Cite web |last=Dave |first=Mahesh |date=2006-01-01 |title=શાહ, મધુરીબહેન |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%B6%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B9-%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A8/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Gujarati Vishwakosh |language=gu}} was an Indian educationist and writer.{{cite web | url=https://www.google.ae/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Madhuri+R.+Shah%22 | title=Google Books profile | date=2015 | access-date=23 June 2015}}

Early life

She was born in Ranpur.

Career

She was the chairperson of the University Grants Commission,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5giny6Ng0q0C&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah&pg=PA31 | title=Higher Education in India Since Independence: UGC and Its Approach | publisher=Concept Publications | author=Om Prakash Gupta | year=1993 | pages=312 | isbn=9788170224471}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qotm3f_-iZgC&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah&pg=PA288 | title=Development of Adult, Continuing and Non-formal Education in India | publisher=Concept Publishing | year=2002 | pages=447 | isbn=9788170229360}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKsVPua_E6sC&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah&pg=PA308 | title=Development of Education in India | publisher=Concept Publishing | date=1986 | access-date=23 June 2015 | author=S. P. Agrawal | pages=936 | isbn=9788170220664}} and the chairperson of the UGC Review Committee on University System set up in 1985.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TlUZhJ10kY4C&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah&pg=PA175 | title=Second Historical Survey of Educational Development in India | publisher=Concept Publishing |author1=S. P. Agrawal |author2=J. C. Aggarwal | year=1990 | pages=460 | isbn=9788170223702}} She also worked as the Education Officer of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBG_QmivOWgC&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah&pg=PR7 | title=Bombay Teachers and the Cultural Role of Cities | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | date=2015 | access-date=23 June 2015}}

Madhuri Shah authored many books on education and poetry, including Without Women, No Development: Selected Case Studies from Asia of Nonformal Education for Women,{{cite book | title=Without Women, No Development: Selected Case Studies from Asia of Nonformal Education for Women | publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat | author=Madhuri Shah | year=1986 | pages=149 | isbn=978-0850922837}} Towards exploring some aspects of the relationship between education and creation of employment opportunities,{{cite book | title=Towards exploring some aspects of the relationship between education and creation of employment opportunities | publisher=Gujarat Research Society | author=Madhuri Shah | year=1986 | asin=B0007BAWL4}} Symphony: A Book of Poems{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxmpcg2aMtkC&q=Madhuri+Ratilal+Shah | title=Symphony: A Book of Poems | publisher=Allied Publishers |author1=Madhuri R. Shah |author2=Ramesh Mohan }} Challenges to Higher Education in a Changing India,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VH4lHAAACAAJ | title=Challenges to Higher Education in a Changing India | publisher=Forum of Free Enterprise | author=Madhuri Shah | year=1985}} Instruction in education: Teaching technology{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGI-cgAACAAJ | title=Instruction in education: Teaching technology | publisher=Somaiya Publications | author=Madhuri Shah | year=1974 | pages=151}} and a series by name, Radiant English Workbook{{cite book | url=http://www.sarasavi.lk/Book/Radiant-English-Workbook-3-1400001011 | title=Radiant English Workbook 3 | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Madhuri Shah | date=July 2001 | isbn=9781400001019 | access-date=23 June 2015 | archive-date=4 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604070318/https://www.sarasavi.lk/Book/Radiant-English-Workbook-3-1400001011 | url-status=dead }} are some of her notable works.

Awards and honours

She was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}

Legacy

Her life was documented in the book, Harmony: glimpses in the life of Madhuri R. Shah, published in 1985, containing several of her interviews.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lbw2AAAAIAAJ | title=Harmony: glimpses in the life of Madhuri R. Shah | publisher=Allied Publishers |author1=Madhuri R. Shah |author2=Suresh Parshottamdas Dalal |author3=Kallolinī Hajharata | year=1985 | pages=277| isbn=9780836418262 }}

Madhuri R. Shah

Early life

Career

Awards and honours

Legacy

References

Further reading