Its a irreparable loss to our Profession and he will be remain with us and Professionals through his fundamental contributions as a eminent scientist and great charming Personality.I pray the God please bless him eternal peace and moksh. Further I pray the God please provide strength to his family and others who are directly associated with him to bear the irreparable loss.I feel myself fortunate that I was directly associated with him during his tenure in Banaras Hinhu University as a Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science. Dr. Virendra Kumar Mishra. Deputy Librarian, Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library, (Central Library) BHU. On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Bidyarthi Dutta < bidyarthi.bhaswati@gmail.com> wrote:
I am extremely sorry to inform you that the veteran stalwart of LIS, the most Respected Prof. Bimalendu Guha (b.1926) [popularly known as B. Guha] left for his heavenly abode on 21st January, 2018 at 8.00 PM in his New Delhi (C R Park) residence. He issurvived by two sons. Prof. Guha joined INSDOC (Now NISCAIR) in 1956. After getting his Master's Degree in Library Science in 1950 from the University of Delhi, he joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta and worked for six years. In INSDOC, he was the veteran teacher in the Associateship in Information Science Course. Once, Prof. Guha was the regular contributor to the library science periodicals. Large number of his contributions were published in Annals of Library & Information Studies of NISCAIR. Apart from his regular teaching assignment, Prof. Guha contributed number of lectures in many institutions. The famous book entitled "Documentation and Information: Services, Techniques and Systems; Kolkata: The World Press, 1999" is the Bible to the LIS students and research scholars till date.
Heartful consolation to his friends and family members. May the departed soul rest in peace.
-- Dr. Bidyarthi Dutta Asst. Professor Department of Library & Information Science Vidyasagar University Midnapore-721 102 West Bengal India
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