Congratulations to Dr. Poornima Narayana on her successful completion of Ph.D. She was carrying out research on "Problems and Perspectives in design and development of Institutional Repositories" under the guidance of Prof. B S Biradar, Chair & HOD, DLIS, Kuvempu University. She has been awarded the doctorate degree during the university's convocation held on 12th February 2009. Regards, Ananda T.Byrappa Manager, Whitney Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Phase 2, Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560066, INDIA Phone: 91-80-25032618 Fax: 91-80-28412114 email: ananda.byrappa@ge.com