
Thane Institute of Oriental Study receives 1,100 books from US
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US-Based psychotherapist Franklin Abbott has donated 1,100 books to Thane's Institute Of Oriental Study.
Franklin Abbott, a renowned psychotherapist, poet, and musician from the US, has donated around 1,100 books from his collection to the Thane-based Institute of Oriental Study (IOS). The Director of the institute, Dr Vijay Bedekar, said that the books donated by Abbott would prove to be an asset for the research scholars. Abbott had attended an international conference at the Joshi-Bedekar College run by the Vidya Prasarak Mandal here in 2019. He had visited the library of the college at that time and was impressed by the system put in place there, Dr Bedekar said.
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