Background
Kumar, Ramesh Pal was born on March 15, 1948 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Son of Guranditta Mal and Parkash (Wati) Kumar.
Kumar, Ramesh Pal was born on March 15, 1948 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Son of Guranditta Mal and Parkash (Wati) Kumar.
Bachelor of Science, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Amritsar, 1967. Master of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1970. Master of Library Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy in Library. Science, Panjab University, 1983.
Lecturer, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Amritsar, 1972-1974; librarian, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Batala, India, 1975-1976; lecturer, librarian, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kangra, India, 1977-1978; reference librarian, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad, India, 1980-1982; librarian, All India Institute Medical Sciences, New Delhi, since 1983.
Secretary Cooperative Mess, Chandigarh, 1979. Member MLAI, Association Government Libraries and Information Specialists (senior vice president 1990-1992), Indian Technoscience Librarians Association (president 1985-1987), Government IndiaLibrarians Association (assistant secretary 1983-1986), Indian library association (chairman central sectional committee since 1988), Indian Association Special Libraries and Information Centers (county 1991-1993), Medical Library. Association India (secretary since 1992), Society Information Science, S.E. Asia Special Interest Group, Substance Abuse Libraries and Information Specialists (chairman 1991-1994), Guru Nanail Dev U. Library Science Students Association (secretary 1975), H.G. Khorana Biology Association (president 1977).
Married Neena Kumar, November 23, 1979. 2 children.