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INFORMETRICS ON M.N. SRINIVAS

DEVARAI RAJASEKHAR SNational Institute of Fashion TechnologyCheneta BhavanNampallyHyderabad

M.N. Srinivas, the well known sociologist is widelyrecognised as architect of modern Indian sociologyand social anthropology. His publications have been'analysed by year, domain, authorship pattern,channels of communication used, key words etc.The results indicate that the papers published by himare of a nature that qualify him to be a 'role model'for the younger generations to emulate.

By the end of 1995, Srinivas had to his credit 144papers which included 33 broad papers in sociologyand anthropology; 18 papers in social change; 28papers on village studies; 12papers on religion; 17papers on caste and 36 papers of general popularinterest. The periods 1958-61 and 1974-77, whenSrinivas was 38-41 and 58-61 years old, were hismost productive periods with highest publicationactivity.

INTRODUCTION

Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas was born on 16thNovember, 1916 at Bangalore in Karnataka. Hestarted his prosessional career as a ResearchAssistant at University of Bombay in 1942. Hereceived fellowships such as subject scholar insocial philosophy, B.A. (Honours) - University ofMysore, 1934-36; Research Fellow in sociology,University of Bombay, 1940-42; CarnegieResearch Grant, Oxford, 1945-49; Simon SeniorFellow, University of Manchester, 1953-54;Rockfeller Fellow, USA, 1956-57; Fellow, Centrefor Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences,Starford, January 1970-June 1971 and September1984-December 1985; National Fellow: IndianCouncil of Social Science Research, 1971-1974;Senior Awardee, Homi Bhabha FellowshipsCouncil, April 1979 - June 1980 and September1983 - April 1984; Visiting Fellow, Department of

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Demography, Australian National University,Canberra, November 1980 - February 1981 andOverseas Visiting Scholar, St. John's College,Easter Term, 1982.•Prof. Srinivas was associated with Prof. Ghurye,Head, Department of Sociology, University ofBombay. Srinivas was associated with him in hisresearch including field trips to collect data.

He worked at University of Baroda from 1951 to1959 and later joined the Delhi University in 1959.He served the university in different capacities andalso travelled abroad as a Visiting Professor. Someother assignments included Simon VisitingProfessor at University of Manchester, England inMay 1963; Andrew D Whyte Professor at large,Cornell University, Ithica, from 1970-76; HandyProfessor of Sociology, Hartwick College,Oneonta, NY, during 1975 fall; Visiting Professor,University of California, Santacruz; Spring Guankduring 1978, University Lecturer in IndianSociology, Oxford from 1948-51, Professor ofSociology, M.S. University of Baroda, from 1951-58, Professor of Sociology, University of Delhi from1959-1972. In 1972, he joined Institute for Socialand Economic Change (ISEC) in Bangalore asJoint Director.

He worked at the Institute for Social and EconomicChange, Bangalore from May 1972 to January,1979. He was a Visiting Professor, University ofNew England, Armidalo, New South Wales,Australia from July 1980 to June 1981, VisitingProfessor, National University of Singapore fromJuly 1981 to July 1982; Silver Jubilee VisitingProfessor, liT, Madras during April 1984 and HenryR Luca Prof. of Language, Mind and Culture,Wellesley College, USA from 1986-87.

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By 1995 he was working as J.R.D. Tata VisitingProfessor at the National Institute of AdvancedStudies, Bangalore also as Chairman, Institute forSocial and Economic Change at Bangalore.

Prof. Srinivas has received several awards for hiscontributions to the field of Sociology and SocialAnthropology. These include:

Rivers Memorial Medal, RAI, London, 1955.

Sarat Chandra Roy Gold Medal, AsiaticSociety of Bengal, Calcutta, 1955.

Dedabhai Naroji Prize for Social Sciencesother than Economics 1971 .

T.H. Huxley Memorial Medal, RAI, London,1976.

* G.S. Ghurye Award by the University ofBombay, 1976.

* Padma Bhushan, Government of India, 1976.

* Jawaharlal Nehru Award for contribution to theSocial Sciences for the year 1985,Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal,1988.

* Annandale Memorial Medal forthe year 1987,the Asiatic Society, Calcutta.

* Plaque presented by the Indian ScienceCongress in recognition of contribution made,dedication and commitment to the growth anddevelopment of Anthropology as an academicdiscipline.

Srinivas was elected as President 'Anthropologyand Archaeology Section, Indian ScienceCongress, Calcutta, 1957 and Indian SociologicalSociety, 1966-69. He was also an elected Honoraryfellow, Royal Anthropological Institute of GreatBritain and Ireland, London, 1964-66; the AsiaticSociety of Bombay, November 1991 andCorresponding Fellow, British Academy, 1992. Hehas also served different organisations asHonorary Life Member which include South AsiaAssociation, Australia, 1976; American Academyof Arts and Sciences, Boston, 1973; American

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Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1974 and;International Union of Anthropological andEthnological Sciences, 1983.

In addition to the above professional honours anddistinctions, he was honoured with Honorary D.Sc.,University of Chicago during 1971, HonoraryD.Litt., University of Mysore, 1972, Doctorate,Honaris Causa, University of Nice, France, 1972and Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa,University of Manipur, Imphal, during 1989.

Prof. M.N. Srinivas is a social anthropologist bytraining and a sociologist by profession. He isknown to the students of social sciences in Indianand foreign universities through his valuablesociological concepts like dominant caste,Sanskritisation, westernization and modernizationto explore the social structure and change in Indiansociety. He became an authority on caste andvillage community in India after publishing hisbooks like India's villages, Caste in Modern Indiaand other essays and the Rembered Village inaddition to his other books and articles in academicand popular journals. M.N. Srinivas is one of thosesociologists who created a genuine interest inIndian sociology by the rest of the world. Histeachings on Indian sociology and anthropologyat University of Baroda and Delhi may be put ingolden words, which give terminal departure to thedescriptions of Indian sociology earlier to his times.He has credit for a rare distinction for laying downa sound and methodological base for Indiansociology. His concepts like dominant caste andsanskritisation were sold as hot cakes and blewtremendous waves in social science circles. Hehad a unique style in encompassing any socialphenomenon into sociological and anthropologicalframe work. He left indelible impact on the curriculaat the places he worked. At times, he departedhorribly from his contemporary thinkers and hisown eminent teachers.

The difference was so sharp that he literally stoodapart from his close circles for a long timeexcepting some rare coincidences with histeachers at seminars and conferences. He thenworked contrarily and stood apart, he drew moreattention with more people flocking at him. He gavean utmost importance to virtue in knowledge thanpersonal and human touch with his colleagues. At

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times, he was criticised to be too harsh in hisoutlook towards academic endeavours of otherfellow researchers.

In same way or the other no student of sociologyor anthropology can afford not to notice andacknowledge his writings. He has made a soundbase in Indian sociological history for years tocome.

Uniqueness of his personality, research that hisharshest critics would like to be in touch with himand show remarkable interest in his writings andactivities has been of interest to many.

An informetric analysis of productivity of thesubjects he was worked in, is highlightedquantitatively in this paper.

METHODOLOGY

The informing activities of an individual informationscientist can be evaluated both quantitatively (howmany publications) and qualitatively (where theyare published). All the papers of M.N. Srinivaspublished during 1942-1995 were considered andnormal count procedure was followed.

From the personal point of view, there is a no doubtthat scientists all over the world look at their ownpapers exclusively in such a way. Similarly, titlesof the articles were analysed and one score wasallotted.

Vinkler [9] defines publication density as thenumber of papers published per number of journalsused, and publication concentration as number ofjournals containing half of the papers published100 times per total number of journals used duringthe period under study.

Informetrics is a sub-field which appliesquantitative methods to the study of socialsciences as an information process in the historicalperspective of sociology of knowledge. In thisinformation model, publications are the carriers ofinformation, journals are the communicationchannels, and bibliographied references representa special language and impact of research on thedevelopment of information flow [7].

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Dr. M.N. Srinivas has published 132 single authorpapers during 1942-1995. Teacher - pupilcollaboration is a very common mode in anacademic setting. The researcher in an instituteprovides the idea and guidance, teacher themethodology of work, arranges for facilities,overcomes the operational difficulties, clarifiesdoubts of students, conducts himself in anexemplanary researcher style, sets high standardsto be achieved, whereas student does most of thebench work under his supervision. Srinivas hassuch experiences as a teacher while teachingstudents at the Universities of Baroda and Delhi,and as a student he assisted Prof. Ghurye, Headof the Department of Sociology at the Universityof Bombay.

Efficiency of the research process can be judgedby completion of the project in turn and essentiallywithin budget. University department is essentiallyentrused with the goal of knowledge generationand dissemination. In an information society,information generated should ideally be utilizedefficiently. However, in most cases, the rate ofinformation utilization has not increasedcomparably with the rate of information generation[2].

Out of 144 papers of Dr. M.N. Srinivas, he wasthe first author in 132 papers. He has contributed6 two authorship papers, 2 papers of three authorsand 4 papers with more than 3 authors (Table 1).Peak output years were between 1957-59 duringwhich 13 papers were published and between theyears 1954-57 during which 11 papers werepublished. They coincide between 41-43 and 38-40 years of his age respectively. When age factorwas taken into consideration he had produced twoauthorship papers from 47th year of age. He hadto his credit 3 authorship papers after 58 yearsand more than three authorship papers after 40years. This indicates a clear cut healthy trend inthe span of collaboration activity.

The general finding is that social scientists/information scientists publish most frequently intheir fourth decade of life and thereafter publicationrate drops [8]. But in case of Dr. M.N. Srinivas, he

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Table 1

Authorship pattern in publications of M.N. Srinivas with collaboration coefficients and age

Year Single Two Three More than Total Collaboration Age ofauthor authors authors 3 authors coefficient M.N. Srinivas

1942-44 4 4 0.00 26 - 281945-47 2 2 0.00 29 - 311948-50 0.00 32 - 341951-53 8 8 0.00 35 - 371954-56 11 11 0.00 38 - 401957-59 13 1 14 0.07 41 - 431960-62 10 10 0.00 44 - 461963-65 6 2 8 0.25 47 - 491966-68 9 1 10 0.10 50 - 521969-71 3 3 0.00 53 - 551972-74 10 1 1 12 0.16 56 - 581975-77 14 1 1 16 0.11 59 - 611978-80 5 1 6 0.16 61 - 631981-83 4 5 0.20 64 - 661984-86 6 1 7 0.14 67 - 691987-89 10 1 11 0.09 70 - 721990-92 7 7 0.00 73 -751993-95 10 10 0.00 76 - 79

Total 132 6 2 4 144 1.28

has published 16 papers when he was between59-61 years of age and 10 papers when he wasbetween 76-79 years.

Zuckerman [10] compared the age distribution ofAmerican nobel laureates in science with the agedistribution of American scientists in general. Themajority of the nobel laureates were relativelyyoung when they had made their prize winningdiscovery but majority of the American scientistswere also relatively young. Since, the agedistribution of laureates matched that of scientistsin general, he concluded that when allowance ismade for the number of scientists at different ages,younger scientists are not more likely to becreative. However, due to their greater numericalrepresentation, younger scientists are responsiblefor substantially more important contributions thanolder scientists [1].

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Subject-wise publications of M.N. Srinivas aregiven in Table 2. He has to his credit 33 papers inthe area of sociology and anthropology where peakperiod of publication was between 1970-1973 and1974-77 during which 5 papers each wereproduced. Next peak period was between 1982-85 during which 4 papers were produced. Theseperiods coincide with his age between 50-52,54-56 and 64-66 years respectively. He published 18papers on Social Change wherein peak period ofproductivity was 3 papers each between 1966-69,1974-77 and 1994-97. He published 29 papers onvii/age studies in which he had publishedmaximum 9 papers between 1974-77 when hewas between 59-61 years age. Also publishedwere 12 papers on Religion, 16 papers on Casteand 36 papers in General Category of popularinterest.

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Subject-wise publications of M.N. Srinivas

Years Sociology and Social Chance Village Studies Religion Caste General Total Percentage CumulativeAnthropology Percentage

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 0 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ZA ZB ZC ZD

1942-45 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 4 2.78 2.781946-49 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 1.39 4.171950-53 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 5 3.47 7.641954-57 - - - - 1 - - - - - - 4 2 - - - - 2 1 - 3 - - 1 - - - - - 1 15 10.42 18.061958-61 1 - 1 - - 2 - - - 1 6 - - - 1 - - - - 3 - 1 - - - - 1 - 2 3 22 15.28 33.341962-65 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - 4 11 7.64 40.981966-69 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 1 " - - - - - - 4 10 6.94 47.921970-73 4 - - - 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 8 5.56 53.481974-77 2 - 3 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 7 - 1 1 - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 2 23 15.97 69.451978-81 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 7 4.86 74.311982-85 1 - 2 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 7 4.86 79.171986-89 - 1 2 - - 1 1 - - - - 2 - - - 2 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 13 9.02 88.191990-93 1 2 - - - 2 - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 2 11 7.64 95.831994-97- 2 - - - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 4.17 100.00

A = Social Anthropology, B = India, C = Culture, D = Research, E = Marraige & Family, F = Social Change, G = South India, H = Modemization, I = WomenJ = Food Habits, K = Institution, L = Village Studies, M = Mysore, N = Social Stratification, 0 = South Indian Region, P = Religion, Q = Hinduism

R = Sanskritization/Westerriization, S = Duty, T = South East, U = Caste, V = Mobility, W = Dominant Caste, X = Modem India, Y = GeneralZ = Philosophy, ZA = Diet, ZB = Social Structure, ZC = Folk Songs, ZD = Miscellaneous

- The list of articles/papers is not exhaustive by 1995, Just to maintain the symmetry of period taken, it has beenshown as 1994-97. Practically, the data fumished is for 1994 and 1995 only.

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Professional life of a researcher begins withpublication of his/her first paper [6]. Paperspublished during the first half of professional careerof Srinivas were 67 in number. Papers publishedduring the second half of his professional life were79. First 50 percent of articles were publishedduring a period of 30 years of professional careerwhereas the next 50 percent of articles werepublished during 23 years of professional careeralthough he had no publications between 1948-50. This has indicated that continuous and uniformproductivity is maintained throughout hisprofessional life which is a rare phenomenon.

When publication period i.e., difference betweenthe year of publication of first paper and last paperunder. present study was calculated, it wasobserved that M.N. Srinivas had 53 years ofpublication output. Key words from the titles of thearticles were counted and those with frequenciesmore than two are included in Table 3. Highestfrequency of 4 (four) each was for the keywordSociety. Next important key words were Religionand Social Anthropology, Social Change, Casteand Culture. The results indicate that he had wideranging interests in sociology and socialanthropology.

Table 3

Key word frequencies in the titles of papers by M.N. Srinivas

S.No. Keyword Frequency

1. Society 42. Religion 33. Social anthropology 34. .Social change 25. Caste 26. Culture 27. Sociology 28. Philosophy 29. Village Studies 2

10. Sanskritization 211. State 212. National Integration 213. Revolution 2

Key words from the titles of the articles used onlyonce are presented in Table 4. These key wordsindicate his wide spectrum of interest, his studymethodology and the subjects addressed to in thecourse of his 53 years of professional career.

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The channels (Table 5) where Srinivas hadcommunicated more than 5 papers were:

The Times of India (11), The Economic and PoliticalWeekly (7), The Economic Weekly (6) andSociological Bulletin (5).

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Table 4

Keywords used only once in the titles of papers by M.N. Srinivas

S.No. Keyword S.No. Keyword

1. Mamaja 44. Geologists2. Family 45. Mythographers3. Mysore 46. Economy Development4. Coorgs 47. Value5. South India 48. Potter6. Bibliography 49. Priest·7. India 50. Rampura8. Village 51. Rural9. National building 52. Urban10. Human fertility 53. Social Pattern11. Change 54. Caste System12. Women 55. Equality13. Social structure 56. Myth14. Basic needs 57. Self Sufficiency15. Karnataka 58. Attitudes16. Dowry 59. Vested Interest17. Cohesive Role 60. Backwardness18. Field Worker 61. Indian Diet1'9. Field 62. Social Justice20. Tamil 63. Institutions21. Folk Songs 64. Fertility22. Telgu 65. Networks23. Social Organisation 66. Untouchables24. Social Work 67. Inequality25. England 68. Fission26. Joint Family 69. Industries27. Despite 70. Future28. Anthropology 71. Food Habits29. Sociological Research 72. Mobility30. Gujarat 73. Politics31. Ayyappa 74. Scarcity32. Daity 75. Education33. Varma 76. Social Mobility34. Waterman 77. States35. Social system 78. Modernization36. Westernization 79. Sociologists37. Industralization 80. Political Development38. Urbanization 81. North eastern Hill Areas39. Radchffu-Brown 82. Tradition40. Customs 83. Itinararies41. Hinduism 84. Household42. Indian Unity 85. Pakistan43. Barrots 86. Industrialists

87. Businessmen

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table 4 (contn.)

S.No. KeywordKeywordS.No.

Sociology in IndiaReminiscencesBangaloreanGandhiRevolutionOther EssaysRealitySocial ScienceSocial StratificationKumaoonUrban StudiesUrban DespairIndian WomenTechnologyScienceRural DevelopmentParticipant ObservationRemembered VillagesObserverObservedCaste HierarchyInsiderOutsiderEthnologyLanguageHumbergerology

Indian CultureSocial ScientistsManagementSocial EnvironmentStatusMarraige FamilyRoleField WorkSociologyTeashopInformation CentreSociety and CultureMandai FormulaEncounterDateless DowryBerkelyCultural EthosCentralityDevelopmental ProcessEmploymentChanging ValuesNew PhilosophyFaith in GodCultural RevolutionPast and PresentGreaterMalgudi

115.116.117.118.119.120.121.122.123.124.125.126.127.128.129.130.131.132.133.134.135.136.137.138.139.140.

88.89.90.91.92.93.94.95.96.97.98.99.100.101.102.103.104.105.106.107.108.109.110.111.112.113.114.

• Polish title is not analysed for key words.

Table 5

Journal-wise scattering of papers of M.N. Srinivas

S.No. Journal titles/channels of communication Total Percen- Cum. Period of Journalpapers tage %

FPY LPY

1. Aryan Path 1 0.69 0.69 1942 - 19422. The Journal of University of Bombay 2 1.39 2.08 1943 - 19443. Man 3 2.08 4.16 1946 - 19764. Silver Jubilee Volume of the School of

Economics and Sociology 1 0.69 4.85 1947 . 19475. The Economic and Political Weekly 7 4.86 9.71 1951 - 19856. The Journal of the M.S. University of Baroda 2 1.39 11.1 1952 - 1953

Usage

Totalno. of years

1230

1442

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table 5 (contn.)

S.No. Journal titles/channels 01communication Total Percen- Cum. Period 01Journal Usagepapers tage %

FPY LPY Totalno. 01years

7. Sociological Bulletin 5 3.47 14.57 1952 1994 428. Prol. Ghurye Felicitation Volume 2 1.39 15.96 1954 1956 39. The Eastern Anthropologist 2 1.39 17.35 1954 1955 210. Village India 1 0.69 18.04 1955 1955 111. The Economic Weekly 6 4.17 22.21 1955 - 1962 712. The Far Eastem Quarterly 1 0.69 22.90 1956 - 1956 113. Kannada Gudi 2 1.39 24.29 1956 - 1956 114. Society of India 1 0.69 24.98 1956 - 1956 115. Transport 1 0.69 25.67 1957 1957 116. The Journal of Asran Studies 1 0.69 26.36 1958 - 1958 117. The Encyclopaedia Britannica 1 0.69 27.05 1958 - 1958 118. Akashvani 1 0.69 27.74 1958 - 1958 119. Journal of American Folklore 1 0.69 28.43 1958 - 1958 120. Economic Development and Cultural Change 1 0.69 29.12 1958 - 1958 121. Man in India 1 0.69 29.81 1959 1959 122. The American Anthropologist 1 0.69 30.50 1959 1959 123. The Illustrated Weekly of India 3 2.08 32.58 1959 - 1974 1524. Samaj Vikas 1 0.69 33.27 1959 1959 125. Spoteczno Ekonomic zne probleny Indic 1 0.69 33.96 1960 1960 126. Yojana 2 1.39 35.35 1961 1963 327. The Statesman 1 0.69 36.04 1961 - 1961 128. Agricultural Situation in India 1 0.69 36.73 1961 - 1961 129. The Times Survey of India ~ 0.69 37.42 1962 1962 130. Indian and Foreign Review 1 0.69 38.11 1964 1964 131. Scientific American 1 0.69 38.80 1965 1965 132. The Gazetteer 01India 1 0.69 39.49 1965 1965 133. The Times Supplement 01 India 1 0.69 40.18 1965 1965 134. The Times of India 11 7.64 47.82 1967 - 1994 2435. The Int. Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences 1 0.69 48.51 1968 1968 136. Education and Social Concem 1 0.69 49.20 1968 - 1968 137. North Eastem Research Bulletin 1 0.69 49.89 1972 1972 138. A Survey of research in Sociology and

Social Anthropology 1 0.69 50.58 1972 1972 139. International Social Science Journal 1 0.69 51.27 1972 1972 140. Indian and Foreign Review 1 0.69 51.96 1974 1974 141. Research Methodology 1 0.69 52.65 1974 1974 142. South Asian Review 1 0.69 53.34 1974 - 1974 143. Tradition and Modernization 1 0.69 54.03 1976 - 1976 144. Village Studies in the Third World 1 0.69 54.72 1977 - 1977 145. Guardian Sp. Report on India 1 0.69 55.41 1977 1977 146. Contribution to Indian Sociology 2 1.39 56.80 1978 - 1984 647. Gandhi in Today's India 1 0.69 57.49 1979 - 1979 148. Collier's Encyclopaedia 4 2.78 60.27 1980 1993 1349. Reviews in Anthropology 1 0.69 60.96 1'981 - 1981 150. The Economic Times 1 0.69. 61.65 1988- 1988 151. Miroir De L. Inde 2 1.39 63.04 1988 - 1988 152. Mot. Inden, Kulterhuset 1 0.69 63.73 1988 - 1988 153. South India 1 0.69 64.42 1990 1990 154. Anthropology Today 1 0.69 65.11 1992 - 1992 155. Indian Express 1 0.69 66.80 1993 - 1993 156. Papers presented in various meetings, foreword,

lectures, conlerences, seminars, symposia,bulletins, essays, air broadcasts etc. 50 34.71

Total 144 100.00 100.00

FPY First paper published year LPY = Last paper published year

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A rare phenomenon of a social scientist havingpublications in 9 different languages can also beobserved here. He had published 131 papers inEnglish, 3 each in Gujarathi and French, 2 papersin Hindi and one each in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil,

Russian and Polish (Table 6). A professional insociology and social anthropology extending hissubject purview through articles in differentlanguages of the world is a phenomenon to bewell applauded.

Table 6

Languagewise scattering of publications of M.N. Srinivas

S.No. Language No. of papers 0/0 Cum%published

1. English 131 90.97 90.972. Gujarathi 3 2.08 93.053. French 3 2.08 95.134. Hindi 2 1.39 96.525. Kannada 1 0.69 97.216. Telgu 1 0.69 97.907. Tamil 1 0.69 98598. Russian 1 0.69 99.289. Polish 1 0.69 100.00 (rounding off)

Total 144 100.00 100.00

The geographic distribution of his publishers isgiven in Table 7. Out of 144 publications by 1995,119 articles were published by Indian publishersand 22 articles exclusively by foreign publishersand 3 articles by both. This trend indicates world

wide scattering of publications of M.N. Srinivas,which is an example to every student of sociologyand social anthropology to know how far thepublication activity could be extended.

Table 7

Geographic distribution of publishers of M.N. Srinivas

S.No. Particulars ofpublication

1. By Indian publishers2. By foreign publishers3. By both (Published by

foreign as well as Indianpublishers)

Total number % Cum%of papers

119 82.64 82.6422 15.28 97.923 2.08 100.00

Total 100.00144

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CONCLUSION

Publication productivity analysis of M.N. Srinivas,a successful scientist, carried out here has thrownlight on his pivotal contribution to sociology andsocial anthropology. He has been well received asa Role Model by many younger social scientists.Knowledge is valuable for its own sake andresearch has cultural value. Desire of beingcreative is built in our genes. Who knows this effectmay switch on genes for creativity in some of thosewho happen to read this article. Narrating successstories always has an encouraging effect [5].

Though Srinivas has written on many aspects ofIndian society and culture, he is best known f~rhis works on religion, vii/age community, caste,social change and methodology. While most of hiswritings are based on intensive field work in SouthIndia in general and Coorg and Rampure inparticular, his writings on Indian society at largeprovide a synthesis of his personal observationand knowledge and the existing literature atdifferent regions of the country. His concepts ofSanskritisation and dominant caste have beenused by a wide range of scholars to understandIndian 'society and culture, past and present andhave become part of the public discourse in India.The distinction he made between the book viewand the field view in the study of analyzations hastremendous significance.

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