It is very sad to hear about the demise of K S Nagarajan, a veteran in LIS. It is too tragic to learn from the newspaper today that he passed away on Sunday and his wife passed away just two days later! A knowledgeable and highly enthusiastic professional, he took passion in developing a database on music after he retired from INSDOC. When Mysore Library Association went defunct for long, and a few like minded people joined together to revive it as Karnataka State Library Association (KALA), he got involved actively in building KALA from scratch and was the first Vice President of KALA. May his soul rest in peace with his wife who followed him. n. v. Sathyanarayana Informatics India Ltd. On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 5:32 PM Francis Jayakanth wrote:

Dear Member, This message is being posted on behalf of Dr. A. Ratnakar, former Librarian, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore.

I regret to inform passing away of Mr. K.S. Nagarajan, Retd. / former Head, Regional Centre, INSDOC, IISc Campus, Bangalore, on May 12, 2019. Incidentally, his wife Dr. Vatsala Nagarajan, former IIMB Professor also passed away yesterday, May 15, 2019.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-iim-b-professor-vats...

May the departed souls rest in peace.

With regards, Francis

Francis Jayakanth Moderator, LIS-Forum

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Not knowing anyone else in the family, I would express my condolences to the LIS fraternity. I have a special affinity for Shri Nagarajan. I met him for the first time when Dr Francis invited me to be a speaker for Dr Rajashekar's memorial lecture organized by the NCSI. Mr Nagarajan came and told me that he knew my father! My father (who I lost at age 13) used to work at the National Physical Laboratory, which was in the same premises as INSDOC and he told me how they often met for a cup of coffee in the canteen. He actually said all this to the audience, mentioning that he was sorry he could not stay for the lecture (his wife was not too well) and he wished me luck. For me - someone knowing my father was very special and wishes from him were extra special During another visit to Bangalore, I requested Dr Vagiswari to take me to visit him and I had the chance to meet both husband and wife. Shri Nagarajan showed me his pet project of cataloguing a music collection in a database that he created. He was full of passion about this project. I pray for both souls to rest in peace Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 Email: vasu@qmed.ngo Web:www.qmed.ngo MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 Member: Academy of Health Professions Education QMed's ELearning Course http://www.qmed.ngo/e-learning