REMEMBERING PROF J V NAIK
All members are requested to be present in the Durbar Hall at 5:00pm on Thursday 29 August, 2019, where we shall gather to pay tribute to Prof J V Naik, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, renowned scholar and researcher, and member of long standing, who suddenly passed away on 22 July 2019. Mrs Naik and other members of his family have been requested to attend.
- Vispi Balaporia, Hon.Secy
Professor J. V. Naik
1934–2019
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai mourns the demise of Professor J V Naik, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai who passed away in the wee hours of 22 July 2019.
Born on 14 May 1934 in Goa, Professor Naik acquired his early education in Goa. A native of Goa, Professor J V Naik completed his post-graduation in history from the University of Bombay in 1960. He began his teaching career at the Elphinstone College in 1960 and also taught at the Government of Maharashtra Ismail Yusuf College. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department of History at the University of Mumbai ending a teaching career of thirty-five years. He was the General President of the Indian History Congress in 2007, the highest honour accorded to an Indian historian by his fellow practitioners. He also presided over sessions of the Akhil Maharashtra Itihas Parishad (2006) and the Konkan Itihas Parishad (2011). In 1982, Naik was a Fellow of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute at the University of Toronto; he was also UGC Visiting Fellow at the M S University of Baroda (1991) and Shivaji University, Kolhapur (2000-2001). Professor Naik has been associated with numerous history and research organizations in various capacities – Indian Council of Historical Research, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, University Grants Commission, National Book Trust, and the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, with which his association goes back to over half a century.
