T. D. J. Nagabhushanam (1928 - 2016) was an Agricultural EconomistWorld guide to Universities, Volume 2, Part 2, R.R. Bowker, New Providence, 1977, p.1186. associated initially with the Andhra University in the 1950s followed by the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU)Universities Handbook: India, Volume 23, Inter University Board of India, New Delhi, 1985, p.42. since the 1960s in Bapatla and Hyderabad respectively. Nagabhushanam first taught at the Agricultural College, Bapatla, which was then an affiliated entity of the Andhra University until it became a constituent College of the APAU in 1964. After nearly three decades of teaching in Bapatla, Nagabhushanam became the PrincipalAnnual Scientific Report, Tea Research Association, Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat, 1980, p.8. during the 1980s after which he was made Dean of Agricultural economicsNoorbasha Abdul, Economic Aspects of Production Credit Scheme, Printwell, Jaipur, 1992, p.vii. and was notable for his research articles that were written over a period of nearly five decades beginning with the 1950s.Rural Development: A Register of Researches in India, 1983-84, National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, 1985, p.35.
Education and career Nagabhushanam pursued studies in sciences specialising in Agriculture at the Andhra University during the 1950s where his postgraduate research was entitled A Study of the Economic and Social condition in Guntur DistrictList of subjects in Arts and Sciences in which Research was carried out in the Universities and Research Institutions between June 1954 to May 1958, The Inter-University Board of India, New Delhi, 1959, p.45. and joined the Agricultural College, Bapatla on 4 June 1951Annual List of Gazetted Officers in the Andhra Pradesh State, Andhra Pradesh (India) General Administration Department, Hyderabad, 1963, p.564. as Assistant LecturerT. D. J. Nagabhushanam, Betel Leaf Production and Marketing in Guntur District in Andhra Agricultural Journal, Volume 3, 1956, pp.99-104. in Agricultural Economics and rose on to become a professor, Principal and finally DeanK. Krishna Kishore, Economics of cotton cultivation in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, APAU, Hyderabad, 1989. of Agricultural Economics at the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University. In addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities at the university that included thesis supervision,S. Satyanarayana, Irrigation and Drainage Systems and Water Management in Dissertation and Theses in Water Resources, Volume 2, 1989, p.126. Nagabhushanam had a flair for scientific research and contributed articles and was also a book reviewer in The Indian Journal of Agricultural EconomicsThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics: Organ of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 1993, p.155. and delivered a guest lecture on Methodical Improvements in Agricultural Research in Economics at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore in 1981.18th Annual Report of The University of Agricultural Sciences, UAS, Bangalore, 1982, p.22.
During the 1960s, Nagabhushanam was a Lieutenant in the National Cadet Corps.Gazette of India, 1964, no. 289 He was also a member of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics and was also elected to its executive committee in the year 1979.Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume XXXIV, Number 1, January–March, 1979.
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Honorary initiatives As a reader of the Telugu Bible, Nagabhushanam was also involved in the work of the Bible Societies and was a fund-raiser and member of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary and subsequently in the 1990s, during the tenures of the Auxiliary Secretaries led by the Baptist Priest Lella Prakasam, CBCNCSowing Circle - The bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 14, Number 2, May–August 1999, p.45. followed by the Old Testament Scholar,Guide to Indian Periodical Literature, Volume 23, 1989, p.57 G. Babu Rao, CBCNC,Sowing Circle - The bulletin of the Bible Society of India, Volume 15, Number 1, January–April 2000, pp.24-25. he was elevated to the position of a Committee Member and Vice-president of the Auxiliary which was then housed at the Bible House in Secunderabad.The Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary has been relocated from Secunderabad to Guntur in February 2016. See BSI auxiliary office opened in Guntur in The Hindu, Guntur, February 3, 2016.
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