Dear Professional friends, SIS Fellowship -2009 Award Conferred on Dr. B. S. Kademani Dr. B. S. Kademani , Scientific Officer-F , Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has been awarded the prestigious ‘SIS Fellowship-2009 Award’ by the Society for Information Science (SIS), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Library and Information Science field. This award was presented to him by Dr. Craig W. Stephens, Vice President, Chemical Abstracts Service, Ohio, USA on 9th December 2009 in a glittering ceremony at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. Dr. Kademani is the recipient of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellowship in ‘Library and Scientific Documentation’ in 1991 at the Facinformationszentrum (FIZ), Karlsruhe, Germany and Vienna International Centre (VIC), Austria. He is also the recipient of ILA-Kaula Best Librarian Awrd-2008. He was a Standing Committee Member of IFLA’s (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Science and Technology Libraries Section from India for the term 2005-2009.He has over 80 research papers published in national and International Journals, edited eight books and many compilations. He is also a referee to many national and international professional journals. His book entitled ‘ scientometric Portrait of Homi Jehangir Bhabha: The Father of Indian Nuclear Research Programme’ was released by Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Director, Bhabha Atomic Research centre, Mumbai on 30th October,2009 to mark Homi Bhabha Centenary Year Celebrations. This book has been widely appreciated by the scientific Community. Dr. Shivaram, Director, NCL, Pune, Dr. Craig W. Stephens, Dr. Naresh Kumar, President, SIS, Dr. Wadhwa, Secretary, SIS and Dr. R. R. Hirwani were the dignitaries present on the occasion. While receiving the award Dr. Kademani remembered his collaborators, colleagues, friends and family members and dedicated this award to them. Let us congratulate Dr. B. S. Kademani for receiving this prestigious award. DR. MALLIKARJUN ANGADI Information Scientist, USA-IVLP Fellow Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences P.B.No.8313,V. N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai - 400 088 Ph: 91-22-2552 5284 (off) Fax: 91-22-2552 5050 E-mail: angdi@rediffmail.com; mallikarjun@tiss.edu URL: www.tiss.edu www.freewebs.com/mallikarjunangadi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.