Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:59:23 +0530 From: Dr Ramesh C Gaur <rcgaur@bol.net.in> Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in collaboration with Satinder Kaur Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of Librarianship (SATKAL ) cordially invites you to the Seminar on "Future of Libraries" & Satkal Annual Function-2011 on Saturday, the 27th August, 2011 at 9.30 a.m. at Auditorium, IGNCA, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi Chief Guest Mrs. Shailaja Chandra Chairperson, Delhi Library Board (DPL), New Delhi Guest of Honour Prof. S.Ansari Former University Librarian, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Keynote Speaker Dr. Jagdish Arora Director, INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad Mr. V.B. Pyarelal Joint Secretary, IGNCA will preside over the function RSVP Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur Prof.Jagindar Singh Ramdev Librarian & HoD- Kala Nidhi, IGNCA Patron-in-Chief, SATKAL Organizing Secretary (+91 (0) 11-23388333) +1 847 543 7565 (USA) Programme Registration: 9.00 am-10.00 am Inaugural Session- 10.00 am to 11.30 am Lighting of Lamp Saraswati Vandana Welcome Address and introduction to the Seminar by Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, Librarian, IGNCA About SATKAL Trust - by Prof. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, DLIS, PU, Patiala Message from Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev -By Mr. B R Kashyap, President, SATKAL Trust Address by Guest of Honour - Prof. S Ansari, Former University Librarian, JMI, New Delhi Address by Chief Guest- Mrs. Shailaja Chandra, Chairperson, Delhi Public Library Board Keynote address "Future of Libraries" by Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director-INFLIBNET Presidential address- Shri V B Pyarelal, JS, IGNCA Conferring of SATKAL Awards 2011 to the following Awardees: Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, Inflibnet Centre, Ahmedabad: SATKAL Lifetime Achievement Award Prof. Dr. I. V. Malhan, Prof. & Head, DLIS, CUHP, Dharamshala: National Librarian Award Dr. Mrs. P. Wijetunge, Librarian, University of Peradania, Sri Lanka: Woman Librarian Award Dr. K.P. Singh, DLIS, University of Delhi, Delhi: Young Librarian Award Mr. Harish Kumar, School Librarian Award Vote of Thanks 11.30 to 12.00 p.m. Tea Break 12.00 to 1.30 p.m. Panel Discussion -I on "Future of Libraries: Road Ahead" Chairperson: Prof. P.B. Mangla, Retd. Professor, D.U. New Delhi Co-Chairperson Dr. H.K. Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi* Panelists: Mrs. Kalpana Dasgupta, Retd. Director, CSL, New Delhi Dr. M.C. Ragavan, UNESCO Expert, New Delhi Prof. J.L. Sardana, Retd. Professor, D.U., New Delhi* Dr S M Dhawan, Retd.Scientist NPL, New Delhi* Dr. (Mrs.) Pradeepa Wijetunge, Librarian, University of Peradania, Srilanka Dr. Usha Munshi, Librarian, IIPA, New Delhi Dr. I.V. Malhan, Professor Prof. & Head, DLIS, CUHP, Dharamshala 1.30 to 2.30 p.m. Lunch Break 2.30 to 4.00 p.m. Panel Discussion II: on "Innovative Library Services in Digital Era" Chairperson: Dr. R K Chadha , Joint Secretary, Parliament of India Co-chairperson: Prof. R . L Raina, Professor & Dean, IIM, Lucknow* Panelists: Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor and Head, DLIS ,PU, Patiala Dr. A L Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC, New Delhi* Dr. P.R. Goswami, Director CSL, New Delhi Dr. S. Majumdar, Librarian, IIC, New Delhi Dr. Sudhir Kr. Arora, Librarian, IGNOU, New Delhi Mr. Subhash Deshmukh, Librarian, IP University, New Delhi Dr. H.S. Chopra, Librarian, GNDU, Amritsar Dr. Raj Kumar, Librarian, PU, Chandigarh ******************************************** Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Librarian & Head-Kala Nidhi Division Coordinator- ABIA International Index Project Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) (An Autonomous Trust under Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India) 11 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110001 Phone: 91-11-23388333, 23385884 Fax: 91-11-23385884 URL: www.ignca.gov.in Email: gaur@ignca.nic.in; rcgaur@bol.net.in ramesh.gaur@fulbrightmail.org http://www.ignca.nic.in/PDF_data/Profile_Dr_RC_Gaur.pdf