S r ranganathan biography of alberta university

He wrote ' colon classification ' in year based on Hindu Philosophy. He developed the concept of ' Librametry ' in He became professor in Delhi university from And also used term " library on wheel "for Mobile library. He also founded the "Sarada Ranganathan endowment for library science" in He became chairman of Documentation committee of Indian standard institute, New Delhi and chairman of Classification Research group of the International Federation for Documentation between He is the recipient of the Title " Rao sahib" in from Indian Government and nominated as National Research Professor in the field of library science in The Government of India awarded Padmashri to Ranganathan in for valuable contributions to Library science.

Ranganathan's major Achievements final major achievement was the establishment of the Documentation and research centre as a department and research Centre in the Indian Statistical institute in Bangalore in , where he served as honorary director for five years. In , the Indian government honoured him for his contributions to the field with a rare title of " National Research Professor.

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In the final years of his life, Ranganathan suffered from ill health and was largely confined to his bed. On 27 September Ranganathan's autobiography, published serially during his life, is titled A Librarian Looks Back. His primary education was completed in Sabhanayaka Mudaliar's Hindu high school shyali. He earned B. Ranganathan began his teaching career in Government arts college,mangalore in