Dear Professionals, School Library Association (SLA India) has become a recognized Professional Library Association on 26th June 2018, registered in Delhi under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 of Govt. of India (Reg. No. 319/2018). SLA India is now the first national-level professional Association of School Librarians of India. The Association represents School Librarians working in all sectors around the country. All interested individuals, institutions, schools, Associations and those studying towards a Library and Information Science qualification may join SLA as a member. For more information, visit www.slaindia.org. The details of the first Governing Body members of SLA elected for the period 2018-2021 are given below. 1. President: Madhu Bhargava, Dean of Libraries, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurgaon, Haryana 2. Vice President: Rajasekhar S. Devarai, Chief Librarian, Shishuvan English Medium School, Mumbai, Maharashtra 3. General Secretary: S. L. Faisal, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 4. Treasurer: Akhila Arora, Librarian, Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi 5. Joint Secretaries: (i) Jyoti Kumar Singh, Librarian, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh (ii) Baidyanath Datta, Librarian, Banpas Sikshaniketan, Purba Barddhaman, West Bengal (iii) Krishna Nand Singh, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Umroi Cantt, Shillong, Meghalaya (iv) Dr. Sarwesh Pareek, Librarian, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram-Pratap Nagar, Jaipur, Rajastan (v) Ayesha Khatoon, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, FS (Kankar Bagh), Patna, Bihar 6. Public Relations Officer: Ishrat Parveen, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 7. Regional Convenors: (i) North: Neena Girish, Librarian, St Paul’s School, Hauz Khas, New Delhi (ii) South: Darsana Gopinath, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya Pangode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (iii) East: Manju Bala, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurugram, Haryana (iv) West: Dibakar Mohanty, Librarian, K D Ambani Vidyamandir, Jamnagar, Gujrat 8. Sectoral convenors: (i) International: Titiksha Goswami, Teacher Librarian, DPS International School, Gurgaon (ii)KVS, NVS, APS: Suraj R., Librarian, Army Public School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (iii) CBSE, ICSE, ISE: Rohini Sharma, Librarian, Gems Modern Academy, Gurgaon, Haryana (iv) State: Vilas Chandrabhan Sonar, Purushottam English School & Arambha Mahavidyalaya, Nashik, Maharashtra (v) Private, NGOs: Meenal Nijhavan, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurugram, Haryana Kindly visit www.slaindia.org to know more. Regards S. L. Faisal General Secretary, SLA India secretary.slaindia@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.