THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
invites you to The Legacy of H T Parekh: A retrospective and
exclusive guided visit to the H T Parekh Legacy Centre
on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 11 am.
The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai invites you to The Legacy of H T Parekh: A retrospective and exclusive guided visit to the H T Parekh Legacy Centre on October 5, 2024, at 11 am.
Padma Bhushan H T Parekh was a pathbreaking pioneer who contributed immensely to national and societal needs of fulfilling commercial, industrial and personal finances, as the country grappled with early post-colonial challenges. In his lifetime he created institutions that were behemoths serving as bedrocks of a new economic culture. More during the event...
The event is guided by R Venkatesh who will cover the history of this visionary builder and father of the Indian housing finance industry. A baron of the modern Indian economy, especially banking, finance and stock market-related contributions, with a walk-through of the rich original artefacts in the H T Parekh Legacy Centre. The gallery also encompasses his original office cabin where he reigned for over 5 decades during his lifetime.
H T Parekh Foundation and erstwhile HDFC Limited have done doyen service to historical research by curating this gallery and bringing to life the narrative of a great personality, who hitherto did not have a contemporary autobiography or biography.
R Venkatesh has conducted a series of banking and financial history walks for the MRC over the years, “Urbs Prima in Indis-A microcosm of global banking histories”; this visit is a part of that series. He is an independent researcher presently focused on Mumbai’s history. He holds an M.A. in History (JNU) and a B.A. in History Hons (Delhi University) and is a life member of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, INTACH and a member of the Maritime Mumbai Museum Society.
Members: Rs.500/-
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Non-members: Rs.750/-
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(Please note: H T Parekh Foundation does not charge guests any fee for accessing the gallery).
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
