Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan

A Legendary statesman a great thinker and philosopher was born on 12th August 1892,in the village Shiyali of Thanjavur district of the then Madras Presidency. His father,N.Ramamrita Iyer(1866-98) was a Shaivite brahmin of Ubhayavedanthapuram village,where he did farming. His mother Seeta lakshmi(1872-1953) was a religious lady. He started teaching physics and mathematics in govt. colleges of his home state. In January,1924 he was appointed chief librarian of the Madras University.His first and most significant book Five laws of library science was published in 1931 and Colon Classification in 1933.He died on 27th September 1972 after a brief illness due to bronchitis. In 1957,the Govt. of India honoured him with Padmashri.   more...