International Research Conference

The Inaugural address was delivered by Dr. Ajit Singh, Former Director General, GNIMS and the welcome address was delivered by Dr. Bigyan Verma, Director, GNIMS. Sardar Surinderpal Singh Bright, LMC Member, GNIMS graced the Inaugural Function. Dr. Kiran Mangaonkar, Principal, G. N. Khalsa College shared his views about the conference. Highlights of the conference were given by Ms. Kuljeet G. Kahlon, Library Manager, GNIMS.

Keynote address was delivered by Dr. Akhtar Parvez, Librarian, Learning Resource Center, IIM, Indore and the Valedictory address was delivered by Dr. A. Ganesan, Director Library, Prist University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Jyotinder Kaur Chaddah gave the vote of thanks to all the dignitaries as well as the participants who had come from all over the country, including two neighboring countries. Ms. Chaturangaa Weerasekera from Colombo, Srilanka presented her research paper during the conference.

There were three technical sessions with different themes like Social Media and Cloud Computing; E-Resources and New Innovations and Emerging Technologies.

Total Research Papers received were 85. 68 Research Papers were published in the International Research Conference Proceedings with ISBN No. 978-93-83-003-02-0 which was released by the dignitaries.

Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) also presented a memento and Certificate to GNIMS for Certificate of Excellence for successfully organizing a series of five National Research Conferences on the Theme “Library: A Temple of Learning and Knowledge House.” Best paper was also sponsored by MANLIBNET and awarded to Ms. Vinita Jain, Librarian, M.D. College, Mumbai with a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-, a Memento and a Certificate.

Participant’s felt that the conference was very informative and they gained knowledge about the new technological advancement in the field of Library Science.

The dignitaries and the participants appreciated the efforts taken by the Library Team to successfully organize this International Conference.

Mumbai Headlines Newspaper published the report of the International Conference on February 7, 2016. 

University News, Vol. 53, No. 48 also gave the details of the conversation in their campus News.