Ms. Hiral Patel is B.Sc, M.L.I.Sc, She has received 'Gold Medal' in her M.L.I.Sc. degree from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

Ms. Hiral has rich professional experience of working in various institutes of national repute like Nirma University, CEPT, NID, British Library, Behavioral Science Center - St. Xavier's College. She has also attended so many National and International Seminars/Conference throughout her career.

Mr. Muralidharan K. N. joined the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1985 as a clerk. He did his B.Com from Shree Sahajanand Arts & Commerce College Ahmedabad and MLISc from IGNOU. On completion of his Masters in Library Information Science he had been promoted to the post of Professional Assistant and then to the post of Senior Professional Assistant.

In January 2013 he was elevated to the post of Assistant Librarian. He has been working in the library since then in various sections like Reference & Information, Catalogue Section, Periodical Section and Books Acquisition Section. Presently he is looking after all the activities of the Periodicals/Serials, Online Resources, ILL & Reference,and Staff Management.

Ms. Asha Desai is working as a Assistant Librarian at Vikram Sarabhai Library. She joined the institute in the year 2008 as a Professional Assistant (Library), before joining IIMA she was working as an assistant librarian at ICFAI Business School, Ahmadabad. At present, she is working in Print Resources Acquisition section. Her main assignments are to look after purchasing of print books, journals, managing suggestions and subscriptions, etc.

Awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for the year 2017-18.

Ms. Asha Desai has qualified UGC NET with subject library and information science.

Education: Master of Commerce and Master of Library and Information Science from Gujarat University.

Mr. Mallikarjun Dora is presently working as Assistant Librarian at Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prior to this he has worked with Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and Koustav Business School, Bhubaneswar.He has 16 research papers on his credit published in International and National Journal and Conferences.

Mr. Mallikarjun Dora has qualified UGC NET-JRF with subject library and information science in 2005.

Awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for the year 2011-12, 2015-16 & 2017-18.

He was the recipient of MANLIBNET best paper award in the year 2012.

He had worked as an Assistant Librarian for a brief period from September 2018 to March 2019 at IISER Berhampur.

Jignesh Amin is working as Senior Library Professional at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since February 2008. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he was working as Library Assistant in Institute of Management, Nirma University, and Consumer Education & Research Center.

He has played a key role in developing Koha ILMS, Vikram Sarabhai Library website, 9th Annual Meet & Workshop of INDEST-AICTE Consortium website, National Information Centre on Management (NICMAN) website using Joomla and Library conference website using OCS. He also helped to develop Institutional repository with video archives of IIM Ahmedabad using DSpace.

He has worked with all major sections in the library like Electronic Databases, e-Journals, Circulation, Library Information Technology, etc. Currently, he is working in the Print resource section that includes Books/Periodicals/Bound Volumes.

He has published ten research papers/articles in journals/conferences/seminars. He has been actively involved with professional bodies like ADINET, Gujarat Granthalaya Seva Sangh, Gujarat University Alumni Association and ADINET yuva.

Awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for the year 2011-12 & 2017-18

He has qualified UGC NET with the subject Library and Information Science.

Education: Ph.D., Master of Science, and Master of Library & Information Science from Gujarat University.

Mr Viralkumar Navik is working as a Senior Library Professional at Vikram Sarabhai Library since February 2008. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he was working as a Librarian at Navrachana Higher Secondary School, Vadodara.

He is currently working in the circulation section. His primary assignments are managing the circulation section’s overall functionality, Information literacy, user engagement services etc. He has also involved library services marketing through co-coordinating Book Talks, Know Your Library Quiz and Social Media.

He was awarded Outstanding Performance at IIM Ahmedabad for the year 2014-15 & 2018-19.

He awarded for best PPT Presentation at ETBL (Global Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Leadership) for 2015.

Mr Viral Navik has qualified GSLET with subject library and information science.

Education: PhD (Pursuing), Master of Library and Information Science, B.Com.

Ms. Rina Patel working as a Senior Library Professional at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since January 2008. She did M.Com & Master of Library and Information Science. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad she was working as Technical Assistant in All India Radio, Ahmedabad.

Earlier she was in Publications Division where she developed Photo Library and first time made case studies available online on IIMA website. She is in Vikram Sarabhai Library since the October, 2013. At present, She is working in Library IT section. Her main assignments are to look after Library Website, Consortia Website, Koha, Institutional repository, RemoteXs, Video Wall, IIMA archive website and other library-related IT operations.

She has received an award for outstanding work done in the Publications Division beyond the regular duties given by the IIMA Director in the year 2011-2012 and 2016-2017

Ms. Sajeda Momin is working as Professional Assistant (Library) at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad from September 2013. Before joining IIMA, she was working as Manager - Knowledge Centre in HCP Design Planning & Management Pvt. Ltd.

Education:

Master of Philosophy (Library and Information Science); Master of Library and Information Science and Master of Commerce

Mr. Bhavesh Patel has completed B.E.(Computer Science) from HNGU, Gujarat, BLIS from IGNOU and MBA (Operation Research) from IGNOU. He has joining IIM Ahmedabad as Professional Assistant (IT) since October, 2013.

Mr. Bhavesh Patel started his career from IndiaNIC Info Tech Pvt. Ltd in 2007 as Sr. Web Developer. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad he was working with INFLIBNET Centre as Project Officer (CS).

He is involved in the Technical activities related to Open Source Software and Library server. Presently he is involved in Website Development, Mobile Application Development and other open source softwares related to library and information center.

Areas of interest : Developing website using different Open source (Software) like PHP, WordPress and other library automation software like Koha, DSpace, SubjectPlus, CORAL... etc.,

Awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for the year 2015-16.

He believes "Learning is a never ending process"

Mr. Bhaumikkumar Solanki is working as Library Professional Assistant at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since November 2015. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he was working as different positions with MICORE (MICA), CPIFT and SIEM.

He has worked in the Periodical, NICMAN and Database section of the library for last three years and currently he is working in the Reference Section. His primary assignments are related to the reference queries, inter-library loan and online chat service.

Mr. Bhaumikkumar Solanki has qualified UGC NET with subject Library and Information Science in the year 2012.

Education: PhD (Pursuing); Master of Library Information Science; Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University; ‘O’ Level from NEILIT.

Mr. Shekappa Bandi is working as a Professional Assistant at Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 1 st July 2016. Prior to this he has worked with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and Rajeev Gandhi College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai. He has a 10 years professional experience and 9 research papers on his credit published in International and National Conferences and Seminars.

Mr. Shekappa Bandi has qualified UGC- KSET with subject library and information science in 2014.

Awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for the year 2018-19.

Areas of Interest: ICT Applications in Library, CMS, Open Source, Assistive Technology and User Services.

Education: Master of Library and Information Science from Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD) and Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Library and Information Management (PGDLIM) From TISS.

Ms. Vaidegi Dhamodharan working as a Professional Assistant at Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad since 15th March, 2017. She started her career as librarian at Sabari College of Nursing, Pondicherry. Prior to joining IIMA, she worked as an intern at Indian School of Business.

Education: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) and Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation Networking (PGDLAN) from Pondicherry Central University.

Mr. Wasim Rahaman is working in Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad since July 2019. Previously he was in Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Ajmer as Visual Analyser, in INMANTEC Institutions, Ghaziabad as Assistant Librarian and in National Institute of Technology, Rourkela as Professional Trainee. He was also involved in various projects in different institutes throughout India.

Mr. Rahaman has completed his MLISc & BLISc from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and CLISc from Bengal Library Association, Kolkata. He completed his graduation from University of Calcutta in Literature and MDST from Aliah University, Kolkata.

He has qualified the NTA-NET (UGC) in 2018 and has 10 research papers in National and International conference/journals/seminars.

Areas of Interest: Open Source software like CMS (WordPress, Joomla), Automation (Koha), Digitisation (DSpace), SubjectsPlus and a research interest on Semantic Web and Linked Data.

Mr. Ilayaraja is working as Professional Assistant (Library) at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since August 2019. Previously he was working as Professional Assistant at Indian School of Business – Hyderabad.

Areas of Interest: ICT Applications in Library, Marketing Library Services, Open Source Software, Library Administration.

Education: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) and B.Sc. (Computer Science) from Bishop Heber College – Tiruchirappalli.

Ms. Sandhya is working as Office Assistant at Vikram Sarabhai Library. She joined IIMA in March 2007. She is working as Secretary-Librarian since November 2017.

She is responsible for assisting the Librarian in all the administrative work of the library, correspondence and coordination with various departments of the institute. She assists the Librarian in organizing various Conferences, Workshops or Meetings.

Stack Assistant at Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad