Dear Friends, Dr. B. S. Kademani , Scientific Officer-G, Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has been conferred the prestigious ‘ *SATKAL National Librarian Award-2012’* by the Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Library and Information Science. This award was presented to him by Dr. Jaspal Singh, Honourable Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala on 6th November 2012 in a glittering ceremony at Punjabi University, Patiala. Dr. Kademani is also 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 and SIS Fellowship Award-2009. He was a Standing CommitteeMember 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 100 research papers published in national and International Journals, edited eleven books, one monograph and many compilations. He is also a referee to many national and international professional journals. He has chaired sessions, acted as Rapporteur General in many conferences and directed a few conferences/workshops. 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. Jaspal Singh, Honourable Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. Jaginder Singh Ramadev, Chief Patron of SATKAL Foundation, USA, Dr. Jagtar Singh, President, SATKAL, Dr. D.V. Singh, President, ILA, Dr. Ramesh Gaur, Librarian, JNU, Prof. Satija and Prof. Malhan were the dignitaries present on the occasion. Let us congratulate Dr. B. S. Kademani for receiving this prestigious award and wish him to receive many more such awards in future. Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi Deputy Librarian, USA-IVLP Fellow Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Deemed University) 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 : mallikarjun@tiss.edu;angdi@rediffmail.com URL : http://www.tiss.edu Homepage : http://www.freewebs.com/mallikarjunangadi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.