[LIS-Forum] Sri M N Seetharaman : The Legend

[Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy]

MNS, a Great librarian. It was after visiting his library and talking to
him that I started organising Reports and Pamphlets collection in IDL
Technical Library.  He impacted everyone who came into his orbit.
Dr P Vyasamoorthy / 9490804278






On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 12:10, Poornima Narayana <poornima.narayana at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The shocking demise of Sri. M N Seetharaman, popular as MNS, has left the
> LIS community devoid of a dynamic n great visionary..
> MNS , a personality with many accomplishments n credits  to the L&IS
> profession built an Art of the Center Information Center @ NAL of
> International repute starting with  3 almirahs of documents to the 2nd
> biggest n exhaustive Library in the country, perhaps next only to IISc...
> A great visionary,  he implemented IT applications in day to day service
> functions way back in 70s..ESA Online retrieval databases , Italy; DIALOG
> databases, USA, etc..
> He initiated SDI based profile construction services, a highly popular one
> with the NAL scientists...Thanks to his rapport and camaraderie with the
> Management Council at NAL, he could achieve to take it to great heights @
> the center...
> He was a voracious reader n kept himself updated in all spheres of
> knowledge...He was a spontaneous extempore person on any given topic at any
> time..
> Besides his professional reputation, on the personal front he was a very
> lively n joyful person by nature, very active always on his toes..Seldom he
> used to get angry although he was a hard taskmaster..
> A very pious n religious person with proficiency in Sanskrit ( he was
> editing articles in a Sanskrit journal), he kept himself engaged till the
> last day ..
> One can write an encyclopedia depicting all his achievements n
> accomplishments..Such was the personality n LEGEND Sir MNS was...
> I being a beneficiary of his guidance, inspiration, motivation n above all
> his greatness being a human offer my NAMANA n PRANAM to him...
> May your Aatman attain shanthi n Sadagati..
> Om Shanthi 🙏🙏
>
> Dr. Poornima Narayana , Fulbright Scholar
> Ex Head, Information Center (ICAST)
> CSIR NAL
> Bangalore
>
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