Wednesday, August 11, 2021

NATIONAL LIBRARIAN'S DAY

National Librarian Day celebrates and honors Librarians.

August 12th is being celebrated as National Librarian's Day in India (National Library Day), in remembrance of National Professor of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972), who had spearheaded library development in India.”

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan- Better known as the Father of Library Science in India. He also prepared the classification scheme called COLON CLASSIFICATION.

He gave Five laws of Library Science

Five Laws of Library Science:

• Books are for use

• Every reader his/her book

• Every book, its reader

• Save the time of the reader

• A library is a growing organism

Some facts about Libraries:

Biggest Library of India- National Library of India,at Metcalfe Hall, Kolkata( West Bengal). 2.1 million items.

National Library of India was earlier known as Imperial Library during British era.

Asia's biggest Library - The Anna Centenary Library, Chennai( Madras).

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with more than 170 million items.

Parliament Library, one of the richest repositories of books in India, was established in the year 1921 to assist members of the Indian Legislature. This is the largest library in Delhi and second largest library in India after the National Library.

Harinath De (12 August 1877— 30 August 1911) was an Indian historian, scholar and a polyglot, who later became the first Indian librarian of the National Library of India (then Imperial Library) from 1907 to 1911.

India celebrates June 19 as the National Reading Day in honour of P N Panicker, the father of the Library and Literacy Movement in Kerala.

Ranganathan's background:

Ranganathan, in full Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, (born August 9, 1892, Shiyali, Madras, India—died September 27, 1972, Bangalore, Mysore), Indian librarian and educator who was considered the father of library science in India and whose contributions had worldwide influence.

Dr. S R Ranganathancame from a moderate background in British- ruled India. He was born in the small town of Shiyali (now known as Sirkazhi), in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Ranganathan began his professional life as a mathematician; and later switched to become a Library Personnel.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Corporate Heads/ CEO

Heads of companies

Jeff Bezos- Bezos is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon, having previously served as chairman, president and CEO of the company. Stepped down this year, from his post. On July 20, 2021, Jeff Bezos flew to space alongside his brother Mark Bezos. The suborbital flight lasted over 10 minutes, reaching a peak altitude of 66.5 miles (107.0 km).

Jeff Bezos

Jack Ma- Jack Ma is the co-founder of tech conglomerate Alibaba Group and is a global ambassador for Chinese business. Jack Ma is the third-wealthiest person in China

Jack Ma

Indra Nooyi- Indra Nooyi is an Indian business executive and former chairperson and chief executive officer of PepsiCo.She has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women.

Indra Nooyi

Chanda Kochhar- Chanda Kochhar took charge of ICICI Bank as its managing director and CEO in May 2009.on 4 October 2018, she stepped down from her position as part of government change of banking procedure. Her contribution to portfolio included Videocon and board of ICICI Bank.

Chanda Kochhar

Warren Buffet- Warren Edward Buffett , born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world. He owns many companies.

Warren Buffet

Sunder Pichai- Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972), better known as Sundar Pichai is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.

Sunder Pichai

Satya Nadela- Satya Nadella is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. Before being named CEO in February 2014, Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company.

Satya Nadella

Deepinder Goyal - Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah 2008.

Deepinder Goyal

Azim premji- Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who was the chairman of Wipro Limited. He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry.

Azim Premji

Gautam Adani- Adani Group, is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, with the flagship company Adani Enterprises Limited.

Gautam Adani

Mukesh Ambani-Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd.( RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company and India's most valuable company by market value.

Mukesh Ambani

Ajay Piramal - He is one of India's leading industrialists and philanthropists, and Chairman of the Piramal Group. Piramal Group is a global business conglomerate with diverse interests in pharmaceuticals, financial services and real estate, with offices in 30 countries and its products sold in more than 100 markets.

Anand Piramal

Anand Mahindra - Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate.The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, construction equipment, defence, energy, farm equipment, finance and insurance, industrial equipment, information technology, leisure and hospitality, logistics, real estate and retail.Mahindra is the grandson of Jagdish Chandra Mahindra, co-founder of Mahindra & Mahindra.

Anand Mahindra

Cyrus Mistry - Cyrus Pallonji Mistry is an Irish businessman of Indian origin. He was the chairman of Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, and only the second to not bear the surname Tata.

Cyrus Mistry

Narayan Murthi- Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Infosys, and has been the chairman, chief executive officer, president, and chief mentor of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus.

Narayan Murthi

Cyrus S. Poonawalla- Cyrus S. Poonawalla is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman & managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world.