Dear friends and professional colleagues, You would be glad to know that the 'Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL)' has decided to publish a series of books on the *Pillars of Indian Librarianship: A SATKAL Tribute to the library doyens in India.* It will include the profiles and contributions of the library doyens who are no more with us (left for their heavenly abode) but have made profound contribution to the library profession in India. The first volume is likeky to be released in November 2012 at the annual function of the SATKAL in collaboration with the annual conference of the IATLIS. Kindly browse the list below and suggest the additional names and also the potential authors who can write about them. The names in bold letters have already been alloted to the authors. For others you are invited to contribute the articles. *Dr.S.R.Ranganathan B.S.Kesavan *Prof. S.Dasgupta Dr.Jagdish S. Sharma *Prof.P.N.Kaula *Prof. S.Bashiruddin Prof.A.P.Srivastava *N.N.Gidwani *Prof. K.A.Issac *Prof Probir Roy Choudhary T.S.Rajagopalan D.N.Marshall Prof.B.Anderson *Prof.C.G.Vishwanathan *Dr.V.A.Kamath S.P.Aggarwal *Dr.Ganesh Bhattacharya *D.R.Kalia *Prof..B.Krishana Rao (First PhD in LIS in India) *C.V. Subba Rao *S. R. Bhatia Dr. R. L. Mittal *Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Miss Vidyut Khandwala *Dr. M.G.K. Naidu *Prof. A.C.Tikekar *Prof. Ramakrishna Nair Dr. Mrs. Susheela Kumar Please take care and keep in touch. Warm regards, Jagtar Singh President, Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL), Punjab Library Association (PLA), and IATLIS, and Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (Punjab) Email: jagtar.kindu@gmail.com Mobile: +919855444785 Landline: +91 (0)175 3046179 (Work) +91 (0) 175 2282727 (Home) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.