Prithvi Nath Kaula

Professor
Prithvi Nath Kaula
पृथ्वी नाथ कौला
Professor Prithvi Nath Kaula; पृथ्वी नाथ कौला
Born	13 March 1924; Srinagar, J & K, India
Died	30 August 2009 (aged 85); Lucknow, India
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest
Resting place	Lucknow, India
Nationality	India
Citizenship	India
Alma mater	Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Occupation	Library and Information Sciences specialist
Years active	1947-2009
Known for	Library and Information Sciences
Children	Five
Parent(s)	Mr. Damodar Kaul (father); Mrs. Posh Kuji Kaul (mother)
Awards	Padma Shri (2004)
Website	Endowment website

Prithvi Nath Kaula (Hindi: पृथ्वी नाथ कौला) was an eminent librarian, renowned Library and Information Sciences specialist and author who worked with the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India. Kaula authored sixty books and monographs, six professional journals (founder-editor), over 400 scholarly journal, over 400 peer review, 43 bibliographies and 6000 notes. Kaula was also the recipient of the Padma Shri award in the year 2004.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Prithvi Nath Kaula was born in 1926 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His family belonged to the lower middle class. He completed his higher education Faculty of Arts in the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. In 1947, he got employed as a Librarian with the Birla Education Trust in Pilani. He later on became the Librarian at Central Library, BHU, Head of Department of Library and Information Science, BHU and the Dean of Faculty of Arts in the Banaras Hindu University.^[3]^[5]