100 Birth Centenary Year: Remembering Dr. Udai Pareek

Prof. Udai Pareek was one of those rare original thinkers and practitioner of truly humane values who by their work, life-long dedicated research and writings enlightened and inspired myriad students, scholars, teachers and consultants in his lifetime, and will continue to do so for the coming...

I realized that he was painfully aware of social issues such as poverty and human rights violations in the country. He was aware of the role organizations played in shaping society and could play a positive role in addressing social issues.

ISABS was one such unique organisation that Udai ji co-founded with like-minded distinguished professionals to make the power of applied behavioural sciences, with the primary mode of experience-based learning, of service to all sections of India.

Dr. Pareek, despite his towering contributions, remained deeply humble and grounded. He treated everyone with respect and kindness, embodying values of simplicity, integrity, and service.

Prof. Udai Pareek, the well-known & widely respected applied behavioural scientist, has continuously been involved in the ‘Empowering & Development of People (individuals); Institutions/Organizations; Professionals (BS); and even Corporate/National Leaders for realising their own...

His rigor on group dynamics and leadership process was inspiring. I had a chance to work together on a few leadership learning programmes in ISABS and, even beyond that, on few OD interventions.

Knew Udai for 44 years but never got to work with him even once. When he gave me a copy of “Training for Development” I asked him to write my name. He wrote “to dear Ramesh with hopes of working together some day”. This was humility defined. During 1987-1990 when he was the...

Dr. Pareek was not possessive of power. He believed and practiced that the power you get is by your scholarly work and personal conduct. Students and faculty used to respect him for his openness, principled behaviour, and conduct.

His donating his body for medical research even after his death symbolises what he stood for all through his life: Extension motivation- to be useful to the larger society.

Twins” is what many of our colleagues in India called Udai and me at the Small Industry Extension Training Institute (SIET Institute, now known as National Institute for Small Industries Extension Training [ NISIET ]) in Hyderabad where we both were working together for the first time half a...