[LIS-Forum] A K Dasgupta passes away

[Sharmila Ghosh]

Dear SB Ghosh - Sir
I join you in offering my condolences for Arun-daa (Sir).
I very much agree with you that though he was not in the teaching
profession, his teaching abilities were beyond any words.
I had the privilege of working on a short assignment at ASCI Hyderabad in
1982, under his tutelage where I learned the techniques of information
search from him. However due to my personal constraints, I was unable to
work under his guidance in a long-term arrangement. Nevertheless, the brief
association is worth cherishing!
Regards
Sharmila Ghosh


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:48 PM, SB Ghosh <sbghosha8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues
> The DAY the 28th July 2014 is a very awful day when we have lost two doyens
> of LIS in our country.
> Just I was recovering from the shock of loosing Prof A.Neelameghan, another
> message--the passing away of  A.K.Das Gupta comes.
> I came in contact with Arun Das Gupta in 1959 when I was undergoing
> Cerificate in Library Science of BLA. He was my teacher and teaching Book
> selection. The two principles of book selection which he taught is still
> echoing my ears..
> At that time he was with ICI Ltd. He used to visit GSI Library often for
> references when I became closer to him. I was not aware that his affection
> to me has been so much till I could see his writing published in the
> Felicitation Volume on Collaboration on International Librarianship
> published by IGI Global(USA), brought out to honor me.
> Afterwards he left Kolkata and Joined INSDOC and I was transferred to
> Lucknow . When I was at Lucknow , His wife had to come there for some work
> . He contacted me to make arrangement for her stay. I I suggeseted that she
> might stay with me which she did (Incidentally Ashoka Das Gupta his wife
> was my class mate at the Diploma in Librarianship in CU). Since then our
> bond went went on increasing. When I went to INSDOC for AIS he left INSDOC
> and Joined ASCI, Hyderabad. He used to teach reference service at INSDOC.
> His technique of teaching the subject was a model which I followed when I
> taught the subject at INSDOC. Though he did not joined teaching profession,
> but his teaching methodology and techniques were unique.
> He was Librarian in true sense of the term and I have heard his aptitude of
> library services from many administrative officials whom I met from Time to
> time. Though he was at Hyderabad we were at regular touch and whenever he
> used to visit Delhi , he used to spend days in my house became close to my
> mother as her son.
> Whenever I used to Visit Hyderabad he never allowed me or my wife to stay
> any where other than with him.
> After I shifted to Kolkata, we used to be in touch intermittently Last time
> when I could talk to him was about five months back when he called me to
> have some details about me for his writing a chapter of the book which I
> have mentioned earlier.
> With his loss I have lost a well wisher and affectionate brother
>  I and my wife deeply condole his death. May his soul rest in peace. With
> his demise the country has lost a Great Librarian and well wisher of the
> profession.
>
> Prof S.B.Ghosh
> Ex-Scientist INSDOC
> and Former Professor and Head IGNOU
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:52 PM, jharavu <jharavu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am deeply grieved to report the passing away of by our dear A K
> Dasgupta,
> > who was affectionately referred to by his students as Arunda (elder
> brother
> > Arun).
> >
> > Above all, he was a wonderful human being. His scholarship, his
> objectivity
> > and strong determination never to be swayed by mere names but only by
> > intrinsic worth, his eagerness to add to his professional usefulness to
> his
> > users, the respect and love he got from his bosses, users and mentors
> like
> > Sri. B S Kesavan and Prof. Neelameghan, his wide reading, his contacts
> with
> > scholars in many areas of knowledge and his ability to interpret his
> > findings across many areas of knowledge was truly exemplary. Whenever I
> > visited his home in Banjara Hills, I found him surrounded by tons of
> > newspapers and books on all matter of subjects.
> >
> > When he retired from ASCI, I remember we discussed his options: whether
> to
> > join NIRD or the Eenadu Newspaper group. I was quite clear that he would
> > make his mark in a totally non-librarian area which indeed he did,
> showing
> > to professionals like me that a librarian should aim for scholarship and
> > not get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of librarianship and empty
> > terminology.
> >
> > What a great example he set for all of us.
> >
> > With his passing away we have all lost a little of ourselves.
> >
> > Haravu
> >
>

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