Dr D C Pavate

      Mathematician,educationist ,administrator Prof  D C Pavate is a great son of India.Born in

village Mamdapur near Gokak ,had his early education there.He is a Cambridge Mathematical Tripos

Wrangler.After working as professor at Banares Hindu University for two years he joined educational

service of then Bombay state.He rose to the post of Director Of Public Instructions.

He was elected as Vice Chancellor of Karanataka University to the record of five times .He made

this as one of the top universities in India.While serving his fifth term he was asked by then Prime Minister

Smt.Indira Gandhi to become Governor of Punjab .He did a superb job of it and during the President's rule

made many improvements in the educational sector there.

He has written several textbooks on Mathematics .His autobiographical works Memories of an educational

Administrator and My Days as Governor are must read for book lovers.

Here is a paragraph from is book

'If teachers are selfless, patriotic and devoted their duties.so should students be.Nobody exercises

greater influence on young minds than the teacher.Mere advice is no good.If words could change

the pattern of our society ,we should have accomplished wonders by now.and yet we are far,far away

from our objectives.The reason is that we do not practice what we preach.An ounce of practice has

a more salutary effect on the rising generation-our future leaders-than a ton of preaching.'

"If the performance of a student is to be judged by a single examination,whole purpose of the educative

process will be narrowed down by this end.It is therefore ,necessary to evaluate in some the advance

made by the student periodically"

Dr Pavate was awarded Padmabhusan by Govt,of India .A township in Dharwad is named after him.