Dear friends, I too would like to pay my homage to a great human being. I
heard him speak twice, once at Chennai for SRR@125 and more recently on the
webinar. Both times I deeply resonated with his thoughts and clarity on the
shape and spirit of the library.
May his soul have peace
Usha Mukunda
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM TS Kumbar
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@iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar@gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in *IITGN: Celebrating 10 years of educational excellence http://sites.iitgn.ac.in/10/*
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