Dear Professional Friends, l With deep regret sense of loss when I heard of Mr Dhandapani, former librarian , The British Library , Bangalore. Mr Dhandapani was served 35 years at British Library at various position. He was a English Teacher in Tamil Nadu after obtaining his BTE degree ( Bachelor of Teacher in English)later he moved to British Library. Mr Dhandapani is a committed and service focused Librarian. Great Human being, a model Librarian, in 1989-90 when I was working in the British Library was renovated and inaugurated by Prince Charles and Diana under his leadership. He was a great administrator, leader and founding member of the Association of British Scholars, Bangalore, where I was worked under his leadership as Secretary- Finance for the association. He had close associate with bureaucrats like Mr Mr Raghuram, former Home Secretary, Mr Bhattacharya, Former Chief Secretary, Mr Nijamuddin Former DGP, Govt of Karnataka and we use to go to drink coffee at Koshys restaurant. He was recognized with an MBE ( Member of British Empire,)for his outstanding & exemplary service to the community by the British Monarchy. I had long association with Dhandapani, who has been a hearted human being always helpful. I express my deep sense of condolences to his family. We sincerely convey our grief on the sad demise of the great person. We all wish the almighty god to rest his soul in peace. It's a huge loss to Library & Information Science Profession. Regards, M.Krishnamurthy ************************************************************** Dr. M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar, University of Illinois, (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:https://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/ Google Scholar Profile:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=s2l-E68AAAAJ&hl=en IRINS Profile: https://isi.irins.org/profile/113175 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8578-1533 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.