Prof. S.R. Gunjal being conferred with Karnataka Rajyotsava award for the year 2019

[Siddu M Huded]

Dear Professional Friends,

This is happy to inform you that Prof. S.R.Gunjal, an accomplished Library and Information Science teacher and Information scientist being conferred with Karnataka Rajyotsava award for the year 2019 for his excellent contribution to the field of Education.

List of the awardees can be found here: 

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/64-persona...

About Prof. S.R. Gunjal:

Prof. S.R.Gunjal was born in a small village called Koliwad of Dharwad District in the state of Karnataka, India. He has contributed many books to LIS filed, as well as other interesting books to Kannada.

You may find more interesting facts about Prof.Gunjal in the following book "Library Scientist Dr. S.R. Gunjal: A Critical Biography" by Mallikarjun Patil.

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Library_Scientist_Dr_S_R_Gun...

About the Rajyotsava Award:

Rajyotsava Awards, the second-highest civilian honor of the State of Karnataka. The award is conferred annually by the Government of Karnataka on the occasion of the establishment of the State on 1 November celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.

The Rajyotsava awards are presented in the capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru by the Chief Minister of the State. Each award carries an amount of Rs. 1,00,000, a 20-gram gold medal and a citation.

Source: https://www.bangalorean.com/blog/kannada-rajyotsava-award-2018/

Thanks

Siddu Huded

Assistant Librarian,

Azim Premji University, BENGALURU.

[Dr.Giriraj Halkar]

Congratulations sir! another milestone in library science

[Anupama S.M]

Congrats Sir, You deserve this Award

Anupama S.M