Tribhuvandas Kalyandas Gajjar

Tribhuvandas Kalyandas Gajjar
Born(1863-08-03)3 August 1863
Died16 July 1920(1920-07-16) (aged 56)
Bombay, British India
NationalityBritish Indian
Alma materElphinstone College, Bombay
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Institutions

Tribhuvandas Kalyandas Gajjar, also known as T. K. Gajjar, (1863–1920) was an industrial chemist, educator and industrialist from India. He was a pioneer and proponent of modern industrial chemical industry in western region of British India. He introduced German synthetic dyes to the Indian textile industry, initiated large-scale alcohol production, and advanced technical education. He taught at Kala Bhavan in Baroda (now Vadodara in Gujarat) and later at Wilson College, Bombay (now Mumbai). He was a founder of chemistry laboratories and co-founder of Alembic Chemical Works.