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Homage to Anil Kumar, H.
by Sathyanarayana NV 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Sadly, Anil Kumar departed for good from our world. Bright, bold and brilliant, he was like the Northern Star of LIS profession. I found him to be different and distinct. Full of ideas with out-of-the-box thinking and strong desire to see them implemented, he encouraged and supported quite a few start-ups, a classic example being RapidRadio. Listening to his talks was a provoking pleasure. I fondly remember and cherish my last meeting with him and Nishta (his wife) exactly an year ego. In spite of his health problem, he worked hard and smart in the last two years to see his library at IIMA transformed into a new age state-of-the-art digital library, retaining yet the traditional character of his physical library renowned for its architecture elegance. Anil will live and linger in our memories for long as the finest human being and a great librarian of our times. My personal condolences to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace. N. V. Sathyanarayana Informatics India Ltd Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Condolence Meeting
by Krishnamurthy Madaiah 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Dear Professional Friends, As you are aware Dr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM Ahmedabad passed away on 17th July 2020.Karnataka State Library Association in Association with Dept. of Library & Information Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore, is organizing a meeting to condole the sad demise of the great Librarian. Date &Time: Sunday, July 19, 2020 @ 11:00 AM Join Zoom Meeting https://bit.ly/RIPANILKUMAR Meeting ID :966 9857 9759 Password: 074515 All the members of the KALA and professional colleagues are requested to attend the meeting. Prof A. Y . Asundi Prof. B. Ramesha Dr. M Krishnamurthy President KALA Professor and Chairman General Secretary, KALA and Office Bearers, Members Dept of LIS, BUB Regards, M.Krishnamurthy ************************************************************** Dr. M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar, (U.S.A) Digitization Course,Illinois Digitization Institute, UIUC( U.S.A) Associate Professor Documentation Research and Training Center Indian Statistical Institute Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 India Phone No: 91-80-26985493 Mob:91-9980035933 URL:http://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/ Secretary Finance- Association of British Scholars General Secretary-Karnataka State Library Association -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Dr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad
by Nagendra Kumar S. 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Dear Friends and Professionals, I am really being pained and shocked to hear the news of the sad demise of Dr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad. This is a great loss to the library fraternity. Myself along with my two classmates had an opportunity to work along with him. After completion of our Master's degree, We have started our career as a trainee in VSL, IIM-A. We had learnt a lot by working in each and every section of the library and I particularly mention the dedication of VSL staff towards reaching library services to end users. We were 08 trainees came from the different part of the country and seeing their dedication to work in regular activities has changed our mindset and built a strength and confident to provide the best services as much as we can. After giving services and heard a good feedback and opinion from the students has motivated us to work even more. Whenever query comes whether day or night we were always active and tried to satisfied users immediately. Behind all these activities there is one and only army man is our respected Dr H. Anil Kumar Sir. He has a passionate, humble and committed professional, down to earth and keeping a smiling face always in his face will motivate us to talk and discuss. Anil sir has given us an equal priority to everyone to give their suggestion towards library implementation, Many times he involved himself with us to discuss and share his rich experiences to us. One thing I would like to say that, VSL IIMA has created a best platform for our career growth and whatever we are today because of all his selflessness teaching and guidance. But a coincidence is he has passed away unexpectedly on the same day (July 17, 1967 - July 17, 2020) of his birth. Six years ago we had celebrated but unfortunately, he is no more. On behalf of all our former trainees, I pray the Almighty to give enough strength to bear the loss of his bereaved family and may his soul rest in peace. With Regards., -- Mr. NAGENDRA KUMAR S. *(MLISc, PGDLAN, UGC-NET JRF, K-SET)* Library and Information Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science *(NIMHANS),* An Institute of National Importance, Bangalore - 560029 Telephone: 080-26995035/5028 Mail: *nagendra(a)nimhans.ac.in <nagendra(a)nimhans.ac.in>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Few words for Shri H Anil Kumar
by Dhaval Kotecha 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Few words for Shri H Anil Kumar <https://www.facebook.com/hanil.kumar.3?__cft__[0]=AZX02qzeUgINnRBym2if8gHYP…> He was much more than a Librarian, he was also...an Entrepreneur...a Mentor...an Innovator.. a Perfectionist...an Administrator...an Academician.. a Leader..an Advisor.. a Great Networker.. an out of the box Thinker.. a Founding team member of iCreate...an extremely affectionate and humble human being ... It is a personal and permanent loss for me and the whole family of RapidRadio. Everything that we know in the library market other than the word library has been taught by him. He picked up RapidRadio from NirmaLabs (which is now iCreate) and said why don't you guys develop RFID hardware for libraries and he helped us transform from a young technical team to a professional company in the library market competing with global giants today. Today RapidRadio has lost a father/mentor and I have lost a Guru/Friend. Personally i have known him from 2004 the day when i had joined NirmaLabs and since then it has never been more than a week when we have not interacted which continued until lately when he was not keeping well. He is one of the biggest reasons for RapidRadio's success & why RapidRadio is what it is today. Unfortunately he never gave an opportunity to thank him publicly for his contribution to RapidRadio due to conflict of interest. Sir...we will miss you from the bottom of our hearts in every success that we achieve in future. Today when i see his facebook wall, I can see maximum posts from various library trainees who had an opportunity to work under him at various libraries. It is the biggest proof that he loved to be with young minds and nurture them to a growth path. A Step into any library in future is going to remind us about you and your learnings which has shaped us as a team...We are indebted to all your contributions and would try to repay by working for the library fraternity. Om Shanti. -- Dhaval H Kotecha, Tushar Popat ,Nirav Karia, Dushyant Upadhyay & RapidRadio Family

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Very sad news of Dr. H. Anilkumar, never expected
by Dr. Nihar Patra 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Very shocking news. We lost our great library professional Dr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM, Ahmedabad due to COVID on his birthday. He was a wonderful person, very innovative Librarian, whenever he was speaking, he was focusing to content only, a Guru for library professionals. He was very friendly, a lovable person and a good human being. He was instrumental for setting up the new state-of-the-art library and renovation of the existing one. As an unbiased person, he was exemplary for the library profession both for academic and administrator works. Recently I spoke to him & he was telling me that after the normalised of COVID I will visit your new place, Imphal. A deep condolence. May his soul rest in peace. Om Shanti🙏🙏🙏 -- *Dr. Nihar K. Patra, M.Phil. (LIS), PGDLAN, Ph.D. (S.U.)LibrarianManipur University(A Central University under MHRD, GoI)* *Canchipur, Imphal, Manipur - 795003**Call: 8901358463* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad and Sudden Demise of Dr. H. Anil Kumar, Librarian of IIM Ahmedabad
by mgsree 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Dear Colleagues, I am deeply saddened and shocked to hear about the sudden demise of Dr. H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on 17th July 2020 (Friday). Anil was at the prime period of his professional career, and with his unfortunate, untimely and unexpected passing, we have lost an extraordinary library leader, and a great human being, who was loved by all in the profession as well as from outside. Anil was one of the founding members of MANLIBNET, a strong pillar of the IIM Libraries Consortium, and an active member of the Asia Pacific Business School Librarians Group (APBSLG - in which IIMA, IIMK and ISB are members) and immensely contributed by engaging in constructive discussions/suggestions, through his thought provoking/insightful articles, and by holding/participating in highly impactful conferences/workshops/webinars. He was also serving in the advisory boards of several universities, institutions, professional associations and international publishing firms. Anil stood out in the professional circles because of his brilliant and intelligent discourses/debates, and was respected by all who have known him. He was known for his upright, bold and relentless stands always - no matter what the consequences, be. Anil has contributed immensely to all the libraries that he has worked in, and especially the Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIMA, which he has re-engineered and transformed into a world class library/information/innovation center. Anil has quite successfully groomed a number of start ups in the country, which has brought numerous laurels and respect to the profession too. He was a passionate, compassionate and committed professional and became a role model. At this moment of extreme grief, let us pray to God for His Soul to Rest in Peace and give courage and strength to his family and colleagues to bear the irreparable loss. Sreekumar (on behalf of MANLIBNET, IIM Libraries Consortium and APBSLG) -- Dr. M.G. Sreekumar Chief Librarian & Information Officer; Adjunct Professor Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode IIMK Campus P.O., Calicut, Kerala - 673570, INDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phone - +91-9447654066 (HP); +91-495-2809140 (O) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad untimely demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar
by Francis Jayakanth 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

It is shocking and sad to know about the unfortunate and untimely demise of an eminent professional, and a humble human being. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace. - Francis ________________________________ From: LIS-Forum <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> on behalf of Ashok Asundi <ashok_asundi(a)yahoo.com> Sent: 18 July 2020 11:04 To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad untimely demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar External Email All LIS Professionals, With utmost agony I convey the sad demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar, Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad. I have loss to words to express my personal grief in losing him and I feel it is a personal loss to me, as he was one of the most adorned student of Bangalore University, DLISc., and feel proud to say he was my one of the most gifted student. Very humble down to earth, never considered any work related to the profession dwarfing his image or position and accepted them with professional approach. I was his family friend and more than that his father Dr. G.Hanumappa, Professor at ISEC was also a scholar to reckon with, we knew him personally well. Dr. Anilkumar for some time worked in NLSIU and then moved to Ahmedabad, British Library and later joined Nirma University where he made a name and showed his professional excellence. Once I happen to meet the former Vice Chancellor of that university, and mentioned to him that Dr. Anil was our student, his most remarkable gesture was that we have given a wonderful librarian to them. Later he moved to IIM-A the most coveted position every one desired to get. Very recently Dr. Anil presented a Webinar session under KALA and it was one of the most enchanting lecture and he gave a new perspective for what is "Physical Library" and how to reorient it in the times of ICT boom. He also recalled his close association with KALA and thanked it for giving him required career guidance. It is very difficult here to present all his achievements in this short span. We happen to visit him at Ahemadabad at his home and it was coming together and pleasant time for all of us. With deep sense of sorrow and horrid feeling that Corona has snatched away one of the gifted professional with several years of his services available, We on behalf of Karnataka State Library Association, President, Secretary and other members of the EC and Governing Council and all Members and also on behalf of the Department of Library and Information Science, Bangalore University, as its former Head, convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, in particular his beloved Wife, Dr. Nishtha Anil Kumar. Pray God His Soul Rest in Peace. Prof. A.Y.AsundiPresidentKarnataka State Library Association Executive Committee, Governing Council and All Members,and also DLISc,Bangalore University,All past and present faculty and Alumni and Students _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum

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Sad demise of Dr. H. Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIM Ahmedabad
by Dr. Miteshkumar Pandya 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Dear Friends, We are deeply saddened to hear the sudden demise of Dr. H. Anil Kumar, a renowned librarian of the country. This is a great loss to the profession and we have lost a dynamic library professional. He had brought many service oriented and technological changes in the IIM Ahmedabad library. He was a good human being and always helpful. We are shocked with his sudden and untimely demise. Our heartfelt condolences to his family members. G.K.Manjunath, Ahmedabad University. & Miteshkumar Pandya, INFLIBNET Centre --- Regards Dr. Miteshkumar Pandya Scientist - C (Library Science) Information and Library Network Centre P.B. No. 4, Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382007 Gujarat Ph: 079-23268294 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 208, Issue 28
by Abha sinha 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Heartfelt condolence Extend my heartfelt condolence to dear departed soul an eminent LIS professional ,Dr H Anil. God may shower strength to his family. 🙏RIP, Abha Sinha, Librarian,jnv,Rajgir. On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 11:30 <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Sad untimely demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar (Ashok Asundi) > 2. Sad Demise of Dr H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram Sarabhai > Library, IIM Ahmedabad (TS Kumbar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 05:34:50 +0000 (UTC) > From: Ashok Asundi <ashok_asundi(a)yahoo.com> > To: "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad untimely demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar > Message-ID: <1205142720.2487588.1595050490746(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > All LIS Professionals, > With utmost agony I convey the sad demise of Dr. H.Anilkumar, Librarian, > Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad. I have loss to words to express > my personal grief in losing him and I feel it is a personal loss to me, as > he was one of the most adorned student of Bangalore University, DLISc., and > feel proud to say he was my one of the most gifted student. Very humble > down to earth, never considered any work related to the profession dwarfing > his image or position and accepted them with professional approach. I was > his family friend and more than that his father Dr. G.Hanumappa, Professor > at ISEC was also a scholar to reckon with, we knew him personally well. > Dr. Anilkumar for some time worked in NLSIU and then moved to Ahmedabad, > British Library and later joined Nirma University where he made a name and > showed his professional excellence. Once I happen to meet the former Vice > Chancellor of that university, and mentioned to him that Dr. Anil was our > student, his most remarkable gesture was that we have given a wonderful > librarian to them. Later he moved to IIM-A the most coveted position every > one desired to get. > Very recently Dr. Anil presented a Webinar session under KALA and it was > one of the most enchanting lecture and he gave a new perspective for what > is "Physical Library" and how to reorient it in the times of ICT boom. He > also recalled his close association with KALA and thanked it for giving > him required career guidance. It is very difficult here to present all his > achievements in this short span. We happen to visit him at Ahemadabad at > his home and it was coming together and pleasant time for all of us. > With deep sense of sorrow and horrid feeling that Corona has snatched away > one of the gifted professional with several years of his services > available, We on behalf of Karnataka State Library Association, President, > Secretary and other members of the EC and Governing Council and all Members > and also on behalf of the Department of Library and Information Science, > Bangalore University, as its former Head, convey our heartfelt condolences > to the bereaved family, in particular his beloved Wife, Dr. Nishtha Anil > Kumar. Pray God His Soul Rest in Peace. > Prof. A.Y.AsundiPresidentKarnataka State Library Association Executive > Committee, Governing Council and All Members,and also > DLISc,Bangalore University,All past and present faculty and Alumni and > Students > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:40:21 +0530 > From: TS Kumbar <tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Sad Demise of Dr H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram > Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad > Message-ID: > <CAJ6F3+xUYcXfkJRN+fc1jXbxx+Tb4G8fHYt-Ve= > ug24252rdSA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Professionals, > > > > With profound grief and sorrow, I am sharing formally the sad demise of Dr > H Anil Kumar, Librarian, Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of > Management, Ahmedabad in the late evening of 17th July 2020 (Friday). We > have lost an outstanding professional, an inspiring mentor and a great > friend. > > > > Dr Anil has contributed immensely to all the libraries that he has worked > in, specially Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Nirma > University Libraries and Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIMA and set a > benchmark for all the professionals. With his vision and commitment to > excellence, he shaped the library at IIMA to a level, which can be compared > with the finest libraries in the world. He was one of the very few > librarians who always strived to innovate and promote entrepreneurship in > the librarianship domain. As a passionate and committed professional, he > added great value to the professional associations by introducing scholarly > activities. He was not only loved and appreciated by the institution heads, > professionals, user community but also the information industry at large. > As we all know, Dr Anil was actively contributing to the profession through > webinars and discussions even during the lockdown period. > > > > Apart from being an eminent professional, Dr Anil was a wonderful human > being. He was a philosopher, friend and guide to many of us. As an avid > reader, he loved to indulge in discussions, and debates. Dr Anil held his > teachers and senior professionals in high esteem and at the same time > supported, encouraged and motivated the young professionals. > > > > As we regret the untimely demise, let us remember Anil in our prayers and > keep his family in our thoughts as they go through this difficult time. > > > > May His Soul Rest in Peace. > > Kumbar > -- > T. S. Kumbar, PhD > Librarian > Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar > Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA > Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 > Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com > Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in > *IITGN: Celebrating 10 years of educational excellence > <http://sites.iitgn.ac.in/10/>* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > LIS-Forum mailing list > LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > > ------------------------------ > > End of LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 208, Issue 28 > ****************************************** > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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Sudden and sad demise Dr. H.Anil Kumar-Reg:-
by Library Department 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Dear Professional Colleagues, It is very unfortunate and sad to know that Sri H.Anil Kumar, a stalwart in the field of library Science is no more. He is a legendary Librarian in NIRMA and in IIM Ahmedabad. I pray the god to rest his soul in peace and give courage to the family members to bear loss. With Regards Dr.K.Satyanarayana Librarian Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy Visakhaptanam-530003 91-9948844503 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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