Dhananjayrao Gadgil was an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n economist noted for his contributions to the Indian cooperative sector.

Dhananjayrao Gadgil Institute of Cooperative Management

The Dhananjayrao Gadgil Institute of Cooperative Management, in Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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, is named after Dhananjayrao Gadgil. Established in 1972, the institute trains personnel working in cooperative organisations and cooperative departments for Maharashtra State. It is one of 19 Institutes across India that fall under the administrative umbrella of the National Council for Cooperative Training in New Delhi

New Delhi

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. The institute is fully grant-funded by the Government of India and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, New Delhi. The National Cooperative Union of India is an apex cooperative organization representing the entire Indian cooperative movement.