Friends: It is with much sorrow I received the news of the passing away of Prof. Thyaga Nata Rajan. I owe it to him my career as a teacher. After a couple of years at Bangalore (where I was Secretary and Editor of publications at the Indian Academy of Sciences) I returned to New Delhi in March 1975 to my parent office, CSIR-PID. One day Prof. Rajan came to my flat (both of us lived in the same campus near NPL) and requested me to join the faculty of INSDOC. I refused at first as I had not attended a single course in LIS, but in the end he won. I taught at INSDOC for nearly ten years. Many of those who were in my class remain friends. Prof. Rajan was a scholar. He would read anything he could lay his hands on. Not many know about his knowledge of and passion for carnatic music. I will miss him as will most of you. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.