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Purushottam Kashinath Kelkar was an Indian Scientist who is best remembered for being the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, which was established in 1959.He was also involved in the planning process for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai and served as its third director, for a period of 4 years.Kelkar was instrumental in securing USA's technical collaboration in the establishment of IIT Kanpur, by persuading the then USA ambassador, John Kenneth Galbraith to locate the fledgeling institution on the outskirts of Kanpur, in North India.The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1970.

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rdfs:comment	Purushottam Kashinath Kelkar was an Indian Scientist who is best remembered for being the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, which was established in 1959.He was also involved in the planning process for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai and served as its third director, for a period of 4 years.Kelkar was instrumental in securing USA's technical collaboration in the establishment of IIT Kanpur, by persuading the then USA ambassador, John Kenneth Galbraith to locate the fledgeling institution on the outskirts of Kanpur, in North India.The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1970.
foaf:name	Kelkar, P. K. Purushottam Kashinath Kelkar पुरुशोत्तम काशीनाथ केळकर
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dc:description	Indian academic
alma mater	University of Liverpool Indian Institute of Science The Institute of Science, Mumbai
award	dbpedia:Padma_Bhushan
birth date	1909-06-01(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Dharwad India
birth year	1909-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1990-10-23(xsd:dateTime)
death place	India Mumbai
death year	1990-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pkkelkar.jpg?width=300

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