Dwijendra Tripathi

Dwijendra Tripathi (29 July 1930 – 5 September 2018) was a professor of business history at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he worked for more than 25 years. He is considered the "Father of Business History" in India.

Personal life and education Dwijendra was born on 29 July 1930 in a village in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, while India was still under British colonial rule. He got a First Class in his Class XII exams in the Arts stream. He studied at the University of Allahabad where he received his Bachelor of Arts in history, economics, and English literature in 1952 and his Master of Arts in history in 1954.

Career In India From August 1954 to April 1964, he worked at the department of history and political science, D.N.J. College, University of Jabalpur. In May 1964, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) to work at the State Bank of India as a Research Officer in their Historical Research Department. While at IIMA, he was on numerous committees, was the PGP Chairperson for four years, and was also dean for four years.

Writing Some of Tripathi's vast range of works include: Dating the Destiny: Thirty Five Years of the Larsen & Toubro. (1975) Themes and Perspectives in American History: Essays in Historiography (1978) The Dynamics of a Tradition: Kasturbhai Lalbhai and His Entrepreneurship (1981) Tribute to Ethics: Remembering Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1983), co-editor Towards a New Frontier: History of the Bank of Baroda (1985) State and Business in India: A Historical Perspective (1987), author and editor Historical Roots of Industrial Entrepreneurship in India and Japan: A Comparative Interpretation (1997) Alliance for Change: A Slum Upgrading Experiment Ahmedabad (1998) The Oxford History of Indian Business (2004) The Concise Oxford History of Indian Business, with Jyoti Jumani (2007) * Dynamics of Ascent: A Centenary History of Bank of Baroda (2007) The Oxford History of Contemporary Indian Business (2013)