Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker (1 March 1909 – 19 June 1995) is known as the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala. The activities of the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham that he initiated triggered a popular cultural movement in Kerala which produced universal literacy in the state in the 1990s.
June 19, his death anniversary, has been observed in Kerala as Vayanadinam (Reading Day) since 1996. The Department of Education in Kerala also observes Vayana varam (Reading Week) for a week from June 19 to 25.
In 2017, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared June 19, Kerala's Reading Day, as National Reading Day in India. The following month is also observed as National Reading Month in India.
PROF. RAOSAHEB SHINDEGALWEKAR, PRINCIPAL, SANPADA COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE AND TECHNOLOGY STATING THE IMPORTANCE OF READING IN OUR LIFE’S
PROF. RUPALI BHAGAT, THE LIBRARIAN OF SANPADA COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE AND TECHNOLOGY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY.
PROF. IVY GANGULY INTRODUCING THE READING DAY TO THE AUDIENCE
