The Library Man of India: Book on P.N. Panicker Released

Why in the news

The Vice President of India launched a biography of P.N. Panicker, the man credited with starting Kerala’s public library drive.

Key facts

• Book: ‘The Library Man of India’, with the subtitle on Panicker’s story.
• Author: P. P. Sathyan.
• Released by: Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan, in New Delhi.
• Subject: P.N. Panicker, regarded as the father of Kerala’s library movement.
• Themes: growth of public libraries and mass literacy drives.

Exam angle

• Who released it: Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan.
• Who wrote it: P. P. Sathyan; whose story: P.N. Panicker.
• State link: Kerala’s library movement.