Auteur: Meena Usmani

S.P. Agrawal (b. 1929) was Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre 1CSSR, Government of India and Member Secretary, Indian Association of Socia Science Institutions. He was also the Vice-Chairman ofthe Asia and Pacific Infonnatior Network in Social Science (APINESS). In 1998 he was awarded the degree of Doctor ol Philosophy in Education (Honoris Causa) by International University Foundation Presently, he is Member, IFLA Round Table on Research in Reading, International Committee for Social Science, Information and Documentation, Board of Studies ot National Archives of India and Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Coal Government of India. He is also Fellow of the Society of Ethnobotanists. Born and brought up in the cradle of freedom movement, which he joined at the tender age ol twelve, he gained an insight into social and political problems and developed a sense ol responsibility which bore fruit as an information scientist. He has written extensively on various aspects of Education, Indian Polity and Library and Information Science