Who got the first Ph.D in India?

Answer 1

Viswanatha Sankara Rama Subramaniam or Dr.VSR.Subramaniam was the first Ph.D degree holder in management, from the Mumbai university (after the inception of this subject, when it was the University of Bomabay) in the year 1975. He was a research scholar in Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, under the guidance of Dr.PK.Ghosh (who later became the Director of the institute). His thesis was Productivity implications of Employee performance appraisal system. It is available in a book form at http://drvsrs.com/store/page1.html#20. ISBN : 978-3-8383-7436-9. This is the first Ph.D degree in management in India also