Dear Professionals, Status of Librarians in Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) As we know Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is the Technical University of Karnataka established under the AICTE. In VTU the status of Librarians & Assitant Librarians are considered as group 'C' and Librarians are listed with FDC's, SDS's, Stenographers, Typists, Drivers etc., whereas status of Physical Directors are considered as Group B (Annexure VIII of VTU's Annual Report). As per my knowledge most of the Engineering colleges (under VTU) has given the statues of teaching staff (equal to other HOD's of the departments) with AICTE pay scales and designations such as Librarian, Senior Librarian, Selection Grade Librarian, Chief Librarian. In this regard I would like to request experts of LIS, professionals who are in policy making body, officer bearers of professional associations to express their views. By cosidering the expert opinion we have to find out the solutions to upgrade the status of Librarians of VTU. Thanking You Dr. Dinesh K. S. -- Dr. Dinesh K. S. MLISc., Ph.D. Selection Grade Librarian, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Devanahalli, Bengaluru - 562 110. Ph: +91-9845102382, Email: dinesh.ncet@gmail.com www.dineshks.webs.com, Official Blog: libraryofncet.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.