Dear Friends: I am extremely saddened to hear the sad demise of Sri V L Kalyan, with whom I was acquainted since last 15 years. He was a dedicated library professional, thorough gentleman, helpful and friendly with every one. The library community is poorer by his sad and sudden demise. I pray to almighty to lay his soul rest in peace and give strength to bereaved family. Y.M.Patil Retd. Librarian, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Ashok Asundi wrote:

Dear Professional friends,

It is a shocking news to hear that Mr.V.L.Kalyan is no more. One of the very active professional and a very humble professional passed away on 9th Jan 2015 after a brief illness. Mr. Kalyan was very affectionate friend to not only to me and my family but as well to all professionals in the state and admired by his students in IGNOU for which he has been an academic counsellor for more than a decade. He served in various organisations like in ITC, Bharat Electronics for a very long time and after retirement he was library advisor at Indian Statistical Institute for two years. Very active in all professional conferences and seminars and has also served as a resource person for CEP. He was also Gen Secretary of KALA and actively associated with Dept. of Public Libraries.

The profession is poorer by his demise and we pray almighty to his soul rest in peace and convey our heartfelt condolenses to his bereaved family.

It is a bad period for the profession as we lost four veterans in the span of nearly a month.

Prof. A.Y.Asundi

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