academic achievements
1. National Advisory Committee Member & Co Chairperson : I was one of the members in the National Advisory Committee and Co Chairperson of the 4th Technical Session-Management of E-Resources at the Inter National Conference on Emerging Technologies and Future of Libraries held on 30-31st Jan 2015. The conference was organized by Karnataka State SC/ST Library Professionals Association and held at Ambedkar Bhavan, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India.
2. Chairman of the 2nd Technical Session at National Conference on Democratization of Information using ICT: Role of Libraries for social enlightenment, during 24-25th January, 2014 at Mangala Auditorium, Mangalore University Campus, Mangalore-574199. The conference was organized by Department of Library and Information Science, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Mangalore, in association with Karnataka State SC/ST Library Professionals Association (R), Bangalore. 3. Organizing Committee Member of the UGC Sponsored 4th KSCLA National Conference on Impact of Information Technology on Library Services during 27-28th December, 2013 at Suvarna Samskruthi Bhavana, Shimoga. The conference was organized by Sahyadri Arts and Commerce College, B H Road, Shivamogga, 4. Organizing Committee Member of the 2nd SoFerence: ‘A National level Social Conference on Failures, Learnings and Success Stories in Library & Information Science and related areas’ organized by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bangalore in collaboration with Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) during 19-20 October 2013. 5. National Advisory Committee Member of the National Conference on ‘Academic Libraries: Challenges in the Electronic Era’ organized by Sri Venkataramana Swamy college, Bantwal, in collaboration with Dakshina Kannada & Kodagu Library Association (DKKLA) during September 27-28th, 2013. 6. Organizing Committee Member of the International Conference on ‘Open Access – Scholarly Communication Reincarnated: A futuristic approach’ organized by Bangalore University, Bangalore, during 19-20th August 2013. 7. Served as an Editor-in-Chief of the National Conference proceedings NCILS-2013, participated as a Resource person / chaired the session and felicitated by the organizing committee of the “National Conference on Inspiring Library Services” (NCILS-2013) held during 12-13th July 2013 and also by the Karnataka PU College Librarians Association Bangalore. The conference was organized by Sri Siddhartha Education Society, Tumkur, at MBA Auditorium, SSIT Campus Tumkur. 8. Served as a Co- Organizing Secretary cum Editor –in- Chief of the International Conference proceedings and participated as a Resource person / chaired the session and felicitated by the organizing committee of the “International Conference on Knowledge Management and Organization in the Digital Era” (ICKMODE-2013) held during 17-19th January 2013. The conference was organized by Sri Siddaganga College for women Tumkur, at Birla Auditorium, SIT Campus Tumkur. 9. Chaired two sessions in the National Conference on ‘Empowering Libraries for Lifelong Learning Skills’ held at PDA College of Engineering, Gulbarga, during 17-18th August 2012 10. Rapporteur of the conference ‘57th Indian Library Association Conference on Knowledge Society and Innovations in Librarianship’ (ILAKSIL2012) held at St. Agnes Center for P.G. Studies and Research, Mangalore during 23-25th February 2012. 11. Chairman of the session in the National Conference on ‘Collection Management in changing context: Problems and Prospects’ (NCCM) 2011, organized by Kuvempu University College Librarians Association (KUCLA) and KSCLA, at Shimogga, during 19-20 August 2011. 12. Rapporteur of the National conference on Indian Academic Libraries-2020 organized by Karnataka State College Librarians Association at SIT, Tumkur during 12-14th August 2010. One of my paper on ‘Biometrics Technology in Library Housekeeping: An overview’ won the best paper of the conference award. 13. I was working as a Technical Advisor for ‘Indian Journal of Library and Information Technology’- A quarterly leading Journal of LIS, Published by KSCLA Bangalore. 14. I was working as an Editor for Professional Journal ‘DAKLA News Letter’ (Yearly) Publishers: Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Library Association, Mangalore memberships
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