Background
KAULA, Prithvi was born on March 13, 1924 in Srinagar. Son of Damodar Kaula.
KAULA, Prithvi was born on March 13, 1924 in Srinagar. Son of Damodar Kaula.
South.P. College. Srinagar, Punjab University, Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University.
President 1956-1958; Visiting lecturer in Library Science, Aligarh Muslim University 1951-1958. Reader Department, of Library Science, University of Delhi 1958-1960. Vice-President Government, of Indian Libraries Association 61.
Lecturer Documentation, Research and Training Centre, Bangalore 1962, 1965.
Chairman Federation Indian Library Associations 1966, President since 1974. President 1973-1985; Professor, of Library Science 1971-1978, Dean Faculty of Arts 1980-1982.
Professor Emeritus Kashi Vidyapith since 1983, University Grants Commission Professor Emeritus Lucknow University since 1985. Chairman Council of Literacy and Adult Education since 1971.
Director United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Training Programme on Library Science and Documentation, Havana, Cuba 1968, Modernisation of Library and Information Service, National Library, Bangkok, Thailand 1978.
Bureau for Promotion of Urdu Library Science 1980-1984. Adviser on Library Science to several international organisations and national asscns. Organizing Secretary and President, of numerous conferences
Honoured by Institute Festschrift Committee 1974.
Indian Library Movement.
Council, Indian Library Association 1949-1953, 1956-1962. Review Committee on Library Science, University Grants Commission 63, member Panel on Library and Information Science 1978-1980, since 1982. Governing Council, National Library of India 1966-1969.
State Library Committee, Uttar Pradesh 1981-1985.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Advisory Group on Comparability of Higher Degrees in Library Science since 1973.
Married Asha Kaula in 1941.
