Dr. Banka Bihari Chand is the Librarian at Vikram Sarabhai Library. Earlier he has served as Deputy Librarian and Head at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, as Librarian at National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, as a Librarian at US Library of Congress, New Delhi, and as Professional Assistant at Indian Institute of Management Indore.

Dr Chand has received his doctoral degree in Library and Information Science from Bangalore University. He earned his Master?s degree in Library and Information Science from Sambalpur University, Odisha.

His areas of professional interest are Research Data Management, Digital Libraries and Information Management.

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.

Ms. Asha Desai is working as an Assistant Librarian at Vikram Sarabhai Library. She joined the Institute in 2008 as a Professional Assistant (Library); before joining IIMA, she worked as an assistant librarian at ICFAI Business School, Ahmadabad. At present, she looks after digital resources and the general administration section of the library.

She was awarded for Outstanding Performance at IIMA for 2017-18.

Education: Master of Commerce | Master of Library and Information Science | UGC-NET

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.

Mr. Navnath began working as a Assistant Librarian at the Vikram Sarabhai Library of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad on March 9, 2022.

He has more than eight years of professional experience. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he was working as Assistant Library and Information Officer at IIM Visakhapatnam. Preceding this, he has worked as Librarian at Thakur Institute of Management Studies and Research & Russell Square International College in Mumbai.

He has obtained graduation in Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Bachelor of Library & Information Science (BLISc.). He has done Master of Library & Information Science (MLISc.) from Mumbai University and also qualified the UGC-NET.

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 has been 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 at the Library IT (Information Technology) Application section. His primary assignments are managing the IT Application Section and looking after Library Website, Consortia Website, Koha, Institutional repository, RemoteXs, Video Wall, IIMA archive website and other library-related IT operations.

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

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

Education: PhD (Pursuing), GSET (Gujarat State Eligibility Test), 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 began working as a Library Professional Assistant at the Vikram Sarabhai Library of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad on July 1, 2016. He previously worked at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai and the Rajeev Gandhi College of Management Studies in Navi Mumbai. He has more than 12 years of professional experience and has had ten research papers published in International and National Conferences and Seminars.

In 2014, Mr. Shekappa Bandi passed the UGC-KSET with the subject library and information science.

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

Interests: Library ICT applications, CMS, open-source, assistive technology, e-resource subscription and management and user services.

Education: Master of Library and Information Science from Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD) and a 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. Sarita Bhoi is working as Library Professional Assistant at Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad since November 2021.

Previously she was working as Professional Assistant at the Indian School of Business - Hyderabad and prior to that she worked as a Library Trainee at Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad.

Areas of Interest: Databases, Marketing Library Services, Open Source Software, Innovation in Library Services.

Education: Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) and B.Sc. (Biology) from Sambalpur University, Odisha.

Mr. Akash has joined Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad in December 2022 as a Library Professional Assistant. Previously he was working as a Library Assistant at Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad from Oct-2019 to Dec-2022.He had also worked as a Library Trainee at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Akash has completed his Master of Library Science & Bachelor of Library and Information Science from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. And completed Bachelor of Commerce from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat.

He has qualified the UGC NTA NET in June 2018.

Areas of Interests: Databases, Reference Services, Research Supports, Open Access.

Mr. Sumanta Mishra has joined Vikram Sarabhai Library, IIM Ahmedabad in December 2022 as a Library Professional Assistant. Previously he was working as a Library Assistant at Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad from Jan-2019 to Dec-2022. He had also worked as Professional Assistant at the Indian School of Business - Hyderabad from Nov-2016 to Dec-2018.

Mr. Sumanta has completed his master's degree in Library and Information Science from Sambalpur University in the year 2016.

Areas of Interest: Databases, Marketing Library Services, Open-Source Software, Research Supports, Innovation in Library Services.

Ms. Rini Vinod is working as Library Secretary. She is responsible for administrative work and correspondence of the Library and coordination with various departments of the Institute.

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