Inaugural Session of ICDL
ICDL (International Conference on Digital Libraries) 2006, organized by TERI in partnership with Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, is currently underway at the Stein Auditorium.
Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Dr N Balakrishnan, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Chairman of the Division of Information Sciences and Services, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Mr Badal K Das, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Ms Minja Yang, UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka; and Director, Information and Documentation Unit, Asia–Pacific Region

Dr R K Pachauri delivered the welcome address at the Inaugural Session of the event on 5 December. Other speakers present at the occasion included Dr N Balakrishnan (Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Chairman of the Division of Information Sciences and Services, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), Ms Minja Yang (UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka; and Director, Information and Documentation Unit, Asia–Pacific Region), and Mr Badal K Das (Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India).

   Draft Recommendations in the Valedictory Session
    List of participants

Dr Dagobert Soergel
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Prof. N Balakrishnan
Professor and Chairman
Division of Information Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, India

Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Edie Rasmussen
Professor and Director
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Tapio Varis
Professor of Vocational Education, University of Tampere, Finland

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