Conference Committee

Conference Committee

Patrons

Chair
• Dr Harsh Vardhan* Hon'ble Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India
• Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad* Hon'ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
• Dr Mahesh Sharma* Hon'ble Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
• Mr Prakash Javadekar* Honb'le Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India
• Shri Ashok Chawla Chairman, Governing Council, TERI

Conference Chair

• Dr Ajay Mathur Director General, TERI, India

Conference Organizing Secretaries

• Dr P K Bhattacharya Fellow and Area Convenor, TERI, India
• Dr Shantanu Ganguly Fellow, TERI. India

Advisory Committee

Co-Chairs

• Shri Narendra Kumar Sinha* Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
• Smt. Aruna Sundararajan Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
• Shri Ashutosh Sharma Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Shri R Subrahmanyam Additional Secretary (TE), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Members

• Dr Ganesh Natarajan* Chairman cum Trustee (NASSCOM Foundation), India
• Shri Srinath Komarina* Senior Vice President, YES BANK Limited
• Dr Ajay Kumar* Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology
• Dr S Chatterjee OSD to Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India

Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

• Shri Sanjiv Mittal Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India
• Prof Uma Kanjilal Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, India

Members

• Dr Shahid Rasool Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), India
• Dr Kirsty Crawford Director, Library and Digital Information Services, India, British Council Division, British High Commission, India
• Dr Praveen Arora Adviser & Head [NSTMIS Division], Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• Shri Ashwani Sharma Country Head, University Relations, Google India Pvt. Ltd., India
• Shri P Das* Dy Director General (Technical & International Relation, Prasar Bharati, India
• Dr T Madhan Mohan Adviser, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
• Dr Sanjaya Mishra Education Specialist - eLearning Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
• Shri V Srinivas Deputy Director (Administration), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
• Smt. Ute Reimer-Bohner Director Information and Library Services , South Asia, Goethe-Institut, India
• Shri K.K. Banerjee Project Director (Archives), (EZ & NEZ), Prasar Bharati, India
• Shri Sudip Mozumder* Adviser, External Affairs, World Bank, India
• Dr S S Garg Scientist G, Head of International Cooperation - Bilateral Division, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, India
• Shri B P Prakash Global Head, Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services, India
• Shri Al-Amin Yusuph Adviser, UNESCO, India
• Dr B Sutradhar Librarian, Central Library, Indian institute of Technology, India
• Dr Laila Mulgaokar Field Director, U S Library of Congress Office, American Center, India
• Shri R Thyagarajan Head, Administration and Finance, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, India
• Dr H.K.Kaul Director, DELNET, India
• Dr Anindya Chatterjee Regional Director, International Development Research Centre, India
• Shri Osama Manzar Founder-Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India
• Dr Syed Kazi Deputy Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India
• Dr Nafees Meah Director, Research Councils UK - (RCUK) India
• Dr Arun Kumar Chakraborty* Director General, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, India
• Dr Niladri Chatterjee Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, India
• Shri Inder Sen Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India
• Shri Pankaj Rag* Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India
• M Sivakumar Chief Executive Officer ICTACT , India

Programme Committee

Chairs

• Dr Michael Seadle Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, National Programme Committee

International Members

• Dr Anna Maria Di Sciullo Department of Linguistics, Interface Asymmetry Lab, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
• Dr Frederic Blin Preservation and Heritage collections, Member of the Governing Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Bibliotheque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, France
• Dr Akira Meada Department of Media Technology, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Dr Maria Gade Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany
• Dr Dion Goh Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Dr Alejandro Bia Miguel Hernández University, Spain
• Dr Mangala Krishnamurthy Sarah & Eric Rodgers Library for Science & Engineering Library, University of Alabama, USA
• Dr Matthias L. Hemmje FernUniversitat in Hagen - Fakultat fur Mathematik und Informatik - Lehrgebiet Multimedia und Internetanwendungen Universitatsstrasse, Germany
• Dr Jose Borbinha Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Dr Jean-Marc Comment Departement federal de l'Interieur, Archives federales AF, Unite des techniques de l'information, Switzerland
• Dr Paul Nieuwenhuysen Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
• Dr Ricardo da Silva Torres Institute of Computing (IC), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
• Dr Klaus Tochtermann ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and Professor for media informatics at Kiel University, Germany
• Dr Leslie Chan University of Toronto at Scarborough, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada
• Dr Sitaram Asur Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, USA
• Dr Atsuyuki Morishima Research Center for Knowledge Communities, Graduate School of Library, Information, and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Dr Nalini Mahajan Medical Library & Web Master, Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, USA

National

• Dr Partha De Librarian-In-Charge (Central Library), Indian School of Mines. India
• Dr Medha Joshi Head, Dept of Library Science , Tata Memorial Hospital, India
• Dr Ramesh C Gaur University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
• Shri Mandar Bhagwat Co-founder, Director and CTO, SpadeWorx Software Services, India
• Dr Kishore Ingale Asst. General Manager & Branch IRC Head, Pune Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services, India
• Shri Abdulla al-Modabber Assistant Librarian, Prof G K Chadha Library, South Asian University
• Dr P. R. Goswami Director (Library & Information) Kalanidhi, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, India
• Dr A.R.D. Prasad Professor and Head, Documentation Research & Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute
• Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi Librarian, Indian Institute of Public Administration, India
• Dr Dharam Veer Singh* University Librarian, Head DULS, Central Library, Delhi University, India
• Dr Arpan Kumar Kar Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
• Dr Devika P. Madalli Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical institute, India
• Dr M Madhusudhan Assistant Professor & Deputy Dean Academics Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, India
• Shri Dharmendra Sachan Deputy General Manager, Information Technology Group, Export-Import Bank of India
• Shri Anirban Sarma National Programme office, Communication and Information Sector, UNESCO, India
• Shri Phet Sayo Senior Program Officer, Networked Economies, International Development Research Centre
• Shri Ainul Abedin Deputy Manager, Habitat Library & Resource Centre, India
• Dr Ram Pratap* Knowledge Administrator, McKinsey Knowledge Centre India Private Limited, India
• Dr N V Satyanarayana Chairman, Informatics India Limited, India
• Dr Giridhar Kunkur Librarian & Unit Chief, Publications & Media Relations, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, India
• Dr Kalyan Kr. Bhattacharjee Deputy Registrar, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
• Dr B Shadrach Senior Advisor, NASSCOM Foundation, India
• Smt Kalpana Dasgupta Former Chairperson of the Working Group on Libraries of the National Knowledge Commssion, India
• Smt Sunita Malhotra Information Specialist, The World Bank, India
• Dr S B Ghosh Professor Emeritus, Kalyani University, India
• Dr J N Gautam Pro-Vice Chancellor, School of Studies in Library and Information Science, Jiwaji University, India
• Dr Dinesh K Gupta Professor of Lib. & Inf. Sc.and Director (Research), Vardhman Mahaveer Open University,  Kota, India
• Dr Namita Gupta Scientist 'F' [NSTMIS Division], Department of Science & Technology, India
• Dr P K Jain Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India
• Dr Debal C Kar Librarian, Ambedkar University, India
• Dr S Majumdar Chief Librarian, India International Center
• Dr R. N. Malviya Librarian, Lingaya's University, India
• Dr Akhtar Parvez Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, India
• Dr Pravakar Rath Dean, Professor - Library & Information Science, Dean - School of Economics, Management & Information Science, Mizoram University, India
• Dr Ratna Sanyal Indian Institute of Information Technology, India
• Dr R K Sharma Director (Library), United Nations Information Centre
• Dr M G Sreekumar Adjunct Professor, Humanities & Liberal Arts in Management, Chief Information Officer (Head-Information Resource Center, Indian Business Museum, Media Relations & Centre for Development of Digital Libraries-CDDL), UNESCO Coordinator, Greenstone Support for South Asia, Indian Institute of Management, India
• Dr Lata Suresh Head Knowledge Resource Centre, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, India
• Dr Satendra Singh Dhaka Director (Lib. & Info.), Ministry of External Affairs, India
• Dr Shalini R Urs Executive Director, International School of Information Management, University of Mysore
• Dr H Anil Kumar Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
• Dr G. Mahesh Principal Scientist, Head, NSL, NSDL & NUCSSI, Head, E-Resources & Services (Informatics & Informetrics Initiative), National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR), India
• Dr Kavi Mahesh* Director, KAnOE, Centre for Knowledge and Ontological Engineering, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Peoples Education Society, India
• Dr N K Wadhwa Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, India
• Dr K R Murali Mohan* Scientist - G / Adviser & Head, (Big Data Initiatives Division), Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, India
• Shri Shrikant Sinha CEO, NASSCOM Foundation, India
• Dr Venkata Kesavan Associate General Manager, Times Archives & Knowledge Centre, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.
• Shri Sumandro Chattapadhyay Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society, India
• Smt Neeti Saxena Manager, Library & Information Services, North India, British Council Division, British High Commission, India
• Dr A M Siddiqui Representative, New Energy and Industrial Technology, Development Organization (NEDO), India
• Dr S Siva Chidambaram Chief Librarian, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
• Shri G R Meena* Deputy Director, E-Governance Group, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, India
• Shri Rajesh Suri* Deputy Director, IP-EHW & Legal Div., Department of Electronics & Information Technology, India
• Shri Sanjit Choudhury* Deputy Director, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, India
• Dr Jaideep Sharma Professor, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India

Organizing Committee

Academic Committee

• Kalpana Dasgupta, Head, READ India Advisory Board
• S B Ghosh, Professor (Emeritus), Kalyani University
• Shubhangi Sharma, Executive Director, IPLM
• Jaideep Sharma, IGNOU
• M Madhusoodhan, Delhi University
• Tariq Ashraf, Deputy Librarian, University of Delhi
• Siva Chidambaram, Librarian, AIIMS
• Priya Rai, University Librarian, NLU
• Archana Shukla, IGNOU
• Aparajita Ray, IPLM
• Sangeeta Kaul, Delnet
• Pallavi Shukla, TERI
• Projes Roy, Librarian, SRCW
• Jolly Koshy, TERI
• T P Sankar, TERI

Hospitality and Accommodation Committee

• Salek Chand, NIHFW
• Anand A Jha, Deputy Manager, Center for Media Studies
• P K Jain, Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth
• N K Wadhwa, National Physical Laboratory
• Vijay Vikram Singh Parihar, TERI
• I I Jose, TERI
• Sonali Mathur, TERI
• Sonal Bajaj, TERI
• S Sreekala, TERI
• Programme Cell, TERI

Reception Committee

• Sangeeta Badhwar, TERI
• Programme Cell, TERI
• P K Bhattacharya, TERI
• Shantanu Ganguly, TERI
• N Deepa, TERI
• Ashutosh Mishra, Prime Minister Office

Inaugural Function Committee

• Programme Cell, TERI
• N Deepa, TERI
• Sangeeta Kaul, Delnet

Conference Registration Committee

• Vijay Vikram Singh Parihar, TERI
• M Jayaraman, TERI
• Nasim Ahktar, TERI
• Kamaleshwar Raturi, TERI
• Programme Cell, TERI

Conference, Tutorial and Workshop Programme Committee

• Giridhar Kunkoor, BITS Pilani
• Debal C Kar, Unviersity Librarian, Ambedkar University
• Shantanu Ganguly, TERI
• P K Bhattacharya, TERI
• Arundhati Ray, TERI

Floor Management Committee

• Anand A Jha, Deputy Manager, Center for Media Studies
• Akash Singh, NLU
• Nihal Alam, Alia University
• Sweta Pandey, Librarian, LNMIIT
• Projes Roy, Librarian, SRCW
• N Deepa, TERI
• Reeta Sharma, TERI
• Pallavi Shukla, TERI
• Shazia Aslam, TERI
• Arundhati Ray, TERI
• Ruchi Batra, TERI
• Harsh, TERI
• Nasim Akhtar, TERI
• Jolly Koshy, TERI
• T P Sankar, TERI
• Maning Thangal, TERI
• Ratan Kumar Jha, TERI University

Cultural Committee

• R A Maningdoula Thangal, TERI
• Sufian Ahmed, Sahitya Academy
• Praveen Bakshi, TERI
• Pallavi Shukla, TERI
• Lata Suresh, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Media/ Public Relations/ Publicity Committee

• P K Bhattacharya, TERI
• Shantanu Ganguly, TERI
• Rishu Nigam, TERI
• Malavika Verma, TERI
• Communications Team, TERI
• Dharamvir Singh, Former Librarian, Hindustan Times

Website, Live Streaming, Marketing Committee

• Reeta Sharma, TERI
• Pradeep Dahiya, TERI
• Parveen Babbar, JNU
• Raghavendra Tripathi , TERI
• Ramvikas Mahto , TERI
• S Vakesh, TERI
• Varun Prakash Pandey, TERI
• Arun Kumar, TERI
• Malavika Varma, TERI
• Vijay Vikram Singh Parihar, TERI
• Neha Sharma, TERI
• Tanvi Sharma, TERI

Conference Logistics Committee

• T P Sankar, TERI
• Vijay Vikram Singh Parihar, TERI
• I I Jose, TERI
• Anand A Jha, Deputy Manager, Center for Media Studies
• R Venkatesan, TERI
• Sudheer Katoch, TERI
• Programme Cell, TERI
• Ainul Abedin, Librarian, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
• G Lakshmi, Information Analyst, The Energy & Resources Institute, India

Printing and Publications Committee

• Pallavi Shukla, TERI
• Anup Das, JNU
• Projes Roy, Librarian, SRCW, New Delhi
• N Deepa, TERI
• R N Malviya, Library Consultant, New Delhi
• T P Sankar, TERI
• Anupama Jahaury, TERI
• TERI Press, TERI

Sponsorship and Exhibition Committee

• N Deepa, TERI
• Ruchi Batra, TERI
• T P Sankar, TERI
• Shazia Aslam, TERI
• Sonal Bajaj, TERI
• Programme Cell, TERI