Dear All, It is really shocking and unfortunate that we lost a very good professional friend and good human being. I know him from his Nirma days though our personal interaction was not much.We both have mutual respect and share professional ideas at times. I pray God to give strength to his family. May his soul rest in peace. Regards, Pandian Quoting 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.

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Dear All, The sudden demise of Dr Anil Kumar is really painful and an irreparable loss to our library profession. He was a role model for all of us particularly I admire him a lot starting from my career as TLD in CEE Ahmedabad in 2000 when I first interacted with him during the ILA conference in NIRMA. Since then I was in touch with him and took all kinds of advice during my Gandhinagar days and afterward as and when required. It was his greatness and politeness that in one meeting, he easily recognized over phone, mail, chatting, etc. Last time I met him during his Bhubaneswar visit. In this difficult time, I pray to God to give courage to Nistha madam and family. Rest in peace..Om Shanti.. *डा. सुशांत कुमार पाठीDr. Sushanta Kumar Pathy* B.Sc.(Phy), M.Lib.Sc., PGDCA, UGC-NET, Ph.D. (Sambalpur University) Assistant Librarian P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur Kanpur, UP Phone Office-0512-2597334 Email: pathysushanta@gmail.com WhatsApp: 7376570477 On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM TS Kumbar wrote:

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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-- *डा. सुशांत कुमार पाठीDr. Sushanta Kumar Pathy* B.Sc.(Phy), M.Lib.Sc., PGDCA, UGC-NET, Ph.D. (Sambalpur University) Assistant Librarian P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur Kanpur, UP Phone Office-0512-2597334 Email: pathysushanta@gmail.com WhatsApp: 7376570477