Dear friends I am shocked to receive the message. I was not a direct student of Prof Neelameghan, but he always took me as his pupil. 1. I came in contact with him at IASLIC long back when he was writing a monograph on Development of Medical Societies and Medical Periodicals in India. At that time he was with Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd., Pimpri. This gave impetus to select my Ph.D topic on Geoscience Documentation. Subsequently , when I was doing AIS from INSDOC, he advised me to take up a a UNESCO required project on Manpower in Library and Information Science in India as the dissertation. He used the data from my project extensively in a chapter of Encyclopedia written by him. Later when I joined INSDOC as a faculty we used to meet now and then. He was then associated with UNESCO. He was instrumental in getting a computer to INSDOC through UNESCO funding. He also arranged organization of a Unesco Workshop on Thesaurus Construction by Prof F.W.Lancaster at INSDOC. Whenever he used to come to India he used to visit INSDOC and delivered lectures to the student and Staff. His talk on Information Resource Management is cherished by me even to day. A teacher Par excellence When I joined IGNOU as Professor, He was one of the first person to wish me and subsequently he helped me in planning, programme development writing of study material and editing in number of courses on MLIS and PGDLAN. Whenever I called him to come to Delhi for any academic work he always obliged me. I will never forget his involvement in development of a course on Content Development and produce a video. His affection to me , I could realize from a latest incident which I gathered from two of my student Sushmita and Anup. They were planning to bring out a publication on Collaboration on International Librarianship as a felicitation volume to honor me. It seems that when they approached Professor Neelameghan, he not only agreed but also intimated them that he would contribute another paper and suggested the names of few other experts to approach. He also proposed that he would write some sort of remembrance about my association with him. I am happy that the book has been brought out by IGI Global (USA) during the life time of Professor and he could see it. I was overwhelmed when I listened the story after the publication of the book. I have lost a real well wisher and affectionate personality who helped me always whenever I needed his assistance. His loss can not be replenished, I offer my heartfelt condolence with tears. Prof S.B.Ghosh Ex Scientist INSDOC and Ex Professor IGNOU On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:01 AM, jharavu <jharavu@gmail.com> wrote:
It is deeply saddening to learn that dear Prof. Neelameghan has passed away. He was truly a scholar, teacher, mentor and friend to me. I had the special privilege to be with him when he started the UNESCO course on Information Management in the Phillipines and later a similar course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Ethiopia we were together in the troubled times of that country in 1990 when the dictator Mengistu was overthrown. He was staying in the heart of Addis Ababa which was under attack. I persuaded him to come and stay with me in my quarters which was away from the heart of the city. I can never forget his humility, scholarship and his insights. The library profession has lost a gem from its midst.
I join the community in conveying my sincerest condolences to his family.
Haravu
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Francis Jayakanth <fjayakanth@gmail.com> wrote:
I was given to understand just a while ago from a very reliable source that Prof. A. Neelameghan, an internationally acclaimed scholar in Library and Information Science and former Professor and Head, DRTC, Bangalore, has passed away. Details are awaited.
My heartfelt condolences on the loss of a doyen in the field of LIS.
Francis Jayakanth IIMB, Bannerghatta Roa, Bg - 76
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