Dear Member,
It is with great pleasure that, I present to you the Report on the activities of the Delhi Library Association for the period April 2006 to March 2007
OBITURIES
Before I take up formal presentation of the Annual report for the year ending 31 st March 2007, I bring to your kind notice sad news about the demise of the following members of the profession:
Prof D S Aggarwal left for his heavenly abode on 9 th March 2007 after a prolonged illness. He was born on 17 th July 1931. He earned his academic and professional qualifications from the University of Delhi. Prof Aggarwal joined the Delhi University Deptt of Lib & Info Sc as lecturer in 1959 and rose to the position of professor. He served the University of Delhi as its Dean and Head of the Deptt for 2 terms. He superannuated from University service in 1996 after serving for over 36 years. He was life member of DLA and also served on its Executive Committee for a number of Terms.
Dr. Sahib Singh Verma, a life member of DLA, met with a fatal accident on Delhi Jaipur highway on 30 th June 2007. Born on 15 th March 1943 in a farmer’s family in village Mundka in north Delhi, he got his initial training in Library Science from Aligarh Muslim University. He served in Delhi University`s Bharati Mahila College and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening College as Librarian. Later he joined politics and became MCD Councilor. He served on the Delhi Public Library Board as its vice chairman. He got elected as Member of Delhi Legislature in 1993 and rose to the position of Chief Minister during 1996-98. In 1999 he got elected as Member of Parliament and became Union Minister of Labour in NDA Government. Quite often he used to attend AGB meetings of DLA.
Mr Deepak Kr Nag , General Secretary of IASLIC died on 2 nd April 2007. He received Associationship in Documentation from INSDOC (now NISCAIR). He served the Geological Survey of Indian Library, Kolkata and got deeply involved in the affairs of IASLIC.
Mr Abu Shoaib Ahsan , former Head of Library and Information Services of Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi is no more. He was born in 1929 and retired in December 1992. Between April 1989 to March 1992 he served Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture and Technology, Srinagar (J&K). He received M Sc degree in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University and Dip.Lib.Sc. from the University of Delhi.
Ms Sushil Sharma, Life member of Delhi Library Association and Librarian of Nehru Homeopathy College & Hospital, Delhi. She did her C Lib Sc and Dip. Lib. Sc from DLA and continued to pursue her higher studies. She did B Lib I Sc and M Lib I Sc and was also intending to join Ph D in Library Science. She lost her life in train accident on 22 nd July 2007.
Prof Veena Saraf of the Department of Library & Information Science of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong too passed away this year. She started her carrier as Lecturer in Library & Information Science at IT College ( Lucknow University).
Prof Probir Roy Choudhury, a very respected Library figure of West Bengal expired on 28 th August 2007. He had been suffering from cancer for a very long time. He was closely associated with Bengal Library Association, IASLIC, and Deptt of Library & Information Science of the Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He received his degree of M Lib Sc from the University of delhi in 1965-66. He was the first recipient of Prof S Dasgupta Gold Medal for his out standing performance in M Lib Sc examination of that year. In prof Roy Choudhury`s death the profession has lost a great stalwart and advocate pf library profession.
The Association places on regard the service rendered by these professionals and prays to God Almighty to grant peace to their Souls.
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING (2006)
The last Annual General Body meeting of the Delhi Library Association was held on 24 th Sep 2006 at 12 Noon under the Chairmanship of Shri M L Kachroo, The President of the Association for which due notice was served on 24 th Aug 2006 by the General Secretary. At the very outset Shri Kachroo extended a very warm welcome to the members present and thereafter invited Prof C P Vashishth, the General Secretary of the Association to proceed with the listed items on AGBM agenda.
After obituary expressions the General Secretary read out the Report of the Association and highlighted the salient features of the Report which included the following:
Minutes of the last AGBM held on 24 th September 2006
- Membership of Executive Committee, Administrative Committee, Finance Committee, Building Committee, and Information Technology Committee;
- Director of School of Library Science;
- Editor/Associate Editors/Managing Editor of Library Herald;
- Foundation Day Function
- Report on 8 th Prof S Dasgupta Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr TAV Murthy;
- Schedule of the meeting of EC, AC, FC, BC
- Report on 3 rd Dr. S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof B Guha;
- Library acquisitions;
- Report on Consultancy projects;
- IGNOU PSC 0775 (P) DLA resulting in net revenue of Rs.1, 45,754.
- Shelving Project at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi resulting in net revenue of Rs. 23, 852.
- Indexing/Abstracting of journal articles for NIC’s INDMED project resulting in net revenue of Rs. 8,051.
- Report on successful completion of C Lib Sc course of 2005-06 session;
- Report on Prof S Dasgupta Memorial Medal awarded to Mr. Amit Kumar Verma;
- Report on N K Goil Prize awarded to Ms. Swati Bansal;
- Report on 9 th Batch of Diploma in Lib & Info Technology (DLIT);
- Report on publication progress of Library Herald;
- DLA membership rates;
- List of new Life Members;
- Members ‘privileges’;
- Donations received;
- Acknowledgements and gratifications;
After the formal presentation of Report Sri Vinod Kumar Vijan proposed for its adoption. It was seconded by Shri Pradeep Rai.
After the formal adoption of the Report, the President Mr M L Kachroo invited General Secretary of Association Prof C P Vashishth to present the audited statement of accounts of the Association for the period April 2005 to March 2006 as the treasures was away in Mumbai on official assignment. The General Secretary read the Auditor’s report and highlighted the features of the Balance Sheet, Income & Expenditure Account, and Receipt & Payment account, and list of fixed assets of the Association.
Thereafter Mr Dharam Kumar proposed for the formal passing of the accounts. The proposal was seconded by Arun Shalia.
OFFICE BEARERS FOR 2006-2007
President : Mr. M L Kachroo
E-2A, DDA Flat, Munirka,
New Delhi-110067
Telephone:011-26165097
Senior Vice President : Prof H C Jain
S-11 Parwana Vihar, Sector 9,
Rohini, Delhi-110085
Telephone 011-27550252
Vice President : Mr Swaroop Singh Khasa
4581 Gali Shahtara, Ajmere Gate
Delhi-110006 Telephone: 9312306090
Vice President : Mr Arun Kr Shalia
D-42 Pamposh Enclave
New Delhi-110048
Telephone: 011-26220019
General Secretary : Prof C P Vashishth
28-B Pocket ‘A’ MIG Flat,
Ashok Vihar Phase-III
Delhi-110052
Telephone: 011-27112721
Treasurer : Dr. Sunil Kumar
Senior Lecturer in Library Science
State Council of Education Research & Training,
Varun Marg, Defence Colony,
New Delhi-110024
Telephone: 011-24331320
Secretary : Mr K P Singh
Lecturer
Department of Lib & Info Science
University of Delhi,
Delhi-110007
Telephone: 9968009585
Secretary : Mr D R Mann
Librarian, AICTE Library
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium,
I P Estate, New Delhi-110002
Telephone: 011-23392571
Public Relation Officer : Mr Vinod Kr Vijan
C-305 Minto Road Complex
New Delhi-110002
Telephone: 011-23238092
Members
: Mr A P Gupta
123 B Pocket ‘D’ Deep Enclave
Ashok Vihar Phase III
New Delhi-110052
Telephone: 65820002
Dr S K Bajpai
8 Mukherjee Apartments (SFS Flat)
Dr Mukherjee Nagar
Delhi-110009
Telephone-011-27652798
Mrs Veena Saini
A-101 Ashok Vihar, Phase III
Delhi-110052
Telephone: 9868100197
Mr Dharam Kumar
Librarian,
Ram Lal Anand College (Evening)
B J Road, New Delhi-110021
Telephone-011-24914194
Dr R K Sharma
Librarian
United Nations Information Centre
55, Lodhi Estate
New Delhi-110003
Telephone. 9911307799
Mr Rajesh Kumar
Asstt. Librarian
Delhi College of Engineering
Bawana Road, Rohini
Delhi-110085
Telephone: 011-2852072
Dr. Ramesh Chandra
28 B Pocket A MIG Flat
Ashok Vihar Phase III
Delhi-110052
Telephone: 011-65435091
COMPOSITION OF OTHER COMMITTEES
(i) Finance Committee
Under Clauses 6B(i) of the Constitution Shri Arun K Shalia and Shri A P Gupta continued to be members of the Finance Committee as nominee of Executive Committee.
(ii) Administrative Committee
As per clauses 6C(iv) of the Constitution Dr R K Sharma and Mrs Veena Saini continued as member of the Administrative Committee as nominee of the Executive Committee. Mr K P Singh continued as a member of EC as nominated member of the Teachers of the School of library Science.
(iii) Building Committee
The following members were nominated by EC on BC as nominated members
Shri D R Mann
Shri R P Kashyap
Shri Arun Kr Shalia
Shri Hari Chand Goma
President, General Secretary and Treasurer as ex-officio members.
(iv) Information Technology Committee
Dr (Mrs) Usha Mujoo-Munshi (Librarian ISI, Kolkata) (Convenor)
Ms Aruna Arora (ISI Library), Delhi
Shri Desh Raj Mann (AICTE Library)
Shri K.P. Singh (Deptt. of Lib & Info Sc, University of Delhi)
Shri Dharam Kumar ( RLA College (Evening) Library)
Shri Rajesh Kumar Bhardwaj (DCE Library)
Director of the School of Library Science
Under clauses 9(a) of the Constitution, Professor H.C. Jain was continued as the Honorary Director of the School of Library Science for a further period of two years.
Honorary EDITOR & Managing Editor of LIBRARY HERALD
Under clause 9(d) of the Constitution Prof C P Vashishth continued as the Honorary Editor of Library Herald and Dr. Sunil Kumar & Dr R K Sharma as Honorary Associate Editors. Prof C P Vashishth also continues as Managing Editor.
FOUNDATION DAY FUNCTION
The Delhi Library Association celebrated its 69 th foundation Day on 10 th March 2007 in Ranganathan Bhawan, Nariana Vihar, New Delhi. The programme started with lighting of the lamp followed by the Saraswati Vandana sung by the students of the School of Library Science. While extending welcome to the chief guest and invitees, Shri M L Kachroo said that “as President of the Association, I welcome you all on the 69 th Foundation Day Function of Delhi Library Association. We have today amidst us Prof M C Ragavan, Former Unesco Expert, Librarian of IIPA New Delhi to preside over the function.” Shri K P Singh proposed a vote of thanks.
9 TH PROF S DASGUPTA MEMORIAL LECTURE
The 9th Prof S Dasgupta Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof T N Rajan who remained associated with INSDOC for a long time and now continues to be associated with IGNOU. Professor Rajan spoke on the theme “Knowledge Society : Implication for the Indian society.” The Lecture co incited with the Foundation Day Function held on 10 th March 2007. Shri M C Ragavan presided.
4 th Dr S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture
The Fourth Dr S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture was organized on 24 th September 2006. Dr Ratnakar, Former Librarian of Raman Research Institute, Banglore was the speaker. He spoke on the theme “Open Access Journals- a Myth or Reality”. Dr H K Kaul, Director DELNET presided.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Executive Committee of the Association met four times during the period under report on the following dates and transacted the business of the Association:
29 th April 2006
12 th August 2006
6 th January 2007
31 st March 2007
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Finance Committee of the Association met two times during the period under report on the following dates and transacted financial business of the Association:
29 th class="style4">FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Finance Committee of the Association met two times during the period under report on the following dates and transacted financial business of the Association:
29 th April 2006
12 th August 2006
10 th December 2006
31 st March 2007
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITEE MEETING
The Administrative Committee of the School of Library Science met on 14 th October 2006. Besides conducting usual business of the School it reviewed and revised the existing course contents of C Lib Sc and Diploma in Library and Information Technology (DLIT).
LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
Because of paucity of funds not many books could be purchased during the period. A total of 196 books were added to the library collection during the period under report. The collection comprises of purchased as well as gift books received from American Information Resources Centre Library, NASSDOC and other individuals.
CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
NIC PROJECT: With a view to generate additional revenue, the Association has started taking consultancy projects in Library and Information Centers. Like last year this year also the Association continued the job of indexing biomedical journals under NIC/INDMED Project. Our Quotation of Rs 48.50 per entry was found to be lowest and accordingly we have been entrusted with the job of indexing biomedical journals. In order to undertake the work, the Association renewed the tenure of Smt. Poonam Verma and Smt. Anu Mehra who have requisite experience and qualifications for doing the indexing work. During the year under report a total of 2003 journal articles have been indexed. Besides generating additional revenue, the project has helped professionals in acquiring competency in indexing and abstracting of scientific writing/articles.
IGNOU STUDY CENTRE 0775 (P) :
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi has recognized the Delhi Library Association as Programme Study Centre for their BLIS and MLIS Programmes from January 2004 session. Over 160 students of BLIS, 60 students of MLIS and 2 students of CICTAL got enrolled with our Centre which has been allotted 0775 (P) as the specific number. During the period under report the Association earned a net revenue of Rs.1,84,824. We have drawn a panel of academic counselors who come on appointed days for counseling and evaluation of Tutor Marked Assignments.
It is a matter of great pride for us that Ms Neeti Saxena, a student of MLIS who was registered with our Programme Study Centre during 2005-2006 session has topped all-India list in June 2006 examinations. She was awarded University Gold Medal at Annual Convocation held on 17 th February 2007 for her out standing performance.
REPORT ON C LIB SC COURSE OF 2005-06
Out of 80 candidates who were admitted to the 52 nd session of the C Lib Sc course 77 students appeared in the examination of whom 28 students were placed in 1 st Division, 19 in 2 nd Division and 15 in 3 rd Division. Fifteen students were given compartment while 10 students were declared failed. The detailed result is as follows:
Result of C Lib Sc Final Term Examination May /June 2006
Roll No. Name Marks Division
06/001 Ms Abhilasha D/o Shri D.P. Rattan 672 Third
06/002 Mr Amit Tripathy S/o Shri R. B. Tripathy ER in IV&V
06/003 Ms Anju Mogha D/o Shri Jeet Singh Mogha 832 Second
06/004 Ms Anita D/o Shri Ram Parkash 863 Second
06/005 Ms Anita D/o Shri Puran Singh 1199 First
06/006 Mr Anupam Misra S/o Shri B.P. Misra 831 Second
06/007 Ms Anuradha Sharma D/o Shri S. K. Sharma 1043 First
06/008 Ms Anuradha Tanwar D/o Shri H. C. Tanwar ER in IInd Term
06/009 Ms Aruna D/o Shri Raj Kumar 1048 First
06/010 Ms Bindu D/o Shri D. P. Mishra 915 Second
06/011 Ms Bindu Saini D/o Shri Rajender Kumar 882 Second
06/012 Ms Deeksha Chauhan D/o Shri R. S. Chouhan 1046 First
06/013 Mr Devender S/o Shri Attar Singh 1118 First
06/014 Ms Deepika D/o Shri S P Kharbanda 1051 First
06/015 Mr Dilip Kumar S/o Shri Sharwan Kumar ER in IInd Term
06/016 Ms Gayatri Devi D/o Shri Pooran Singh 979 First
06/017 Ms Gitika D/o Shri Mahender 1073 First
06/018 Ms Jayshree Ben D/o Shri Hansraj Patel 960 First
06/019 Mr Jitender Kumar Sinha S/o Shri R.C. Sinha 708 Third
06/020 Ms Jyoti Kumari D/o Shri Baljeet Singh 1073 First
06/021 Ms Kamiya D/o Shri Arjun Kumar 966 First
06/022 Ms Komal D/o Shri Braham Singh 1008 First
06/023 Ms Krishna D/o Shri Bansi Lal ER in I Term
06/024 Ms Madhu Kumari D/o Shri Gopi Nath Pandey 772 Third
06/025 Ms Mamta D/o Shri Baljit Singh 758 Third
06/026 Ms Mangali Kumari D/o Shri J. R. Bhatt 1024 First
06/027 Ms Manjeet Kaur D/o S. Gurdeep Singh 650 Third
06/029 Ms Megha Gupta D/o Shri A. K. Gupta 1019 First
06/030 Ms Meenakshi D/o Shri Sukhvir Singh 1102 First
06/031 Ms Monika Chaudhary D/o Shri P. Singh 894 Second
06/032 Ms Neha Sood D/o Shri Yudhister Pal Sood 732 Third
06/033 Ms Neelam D/o Shri Jai Bhagwan 772 Third
06/034 Ms Neemal D/o Late Shri Tara Chand Pal 965 First
06/035 Mr Nitin Kumar Bhardwaj S/o Shri Parmod Kumar 960 First
06/036 Ms Om Wati D/o Shri Prem Pratap 717 Third
06/037 Ms Preeti Garg D/o Shri Kailash Chand Garg 908 Second
06/038 Ms Rajni Upadhyay D/o Shri D. Upadhyay 1063 First
06/039 Ms Rajeev Kaur D/o S. Darshan Singh 906 Second
06/040 Ms Ravita D/o Shri Rajinder 824 Second
06/041 Ms Reena Rai D/o Shri Basu Dev Rai 693 Third
06/042 Ms Reena Singh D/o Shri R.M. Singh 849 Second
06/043 Ms Rekha Sharma D/o Shri Om Dutt Sharma 861 Second
06/044 Mr Rohit Kumar S/o Shri Banwari Lal Ranga 749 Third
06/045 Ms Ruchika D/o Shri Daya Singh 800 Second
06/046 Ms Rupali Singh D/o Shri R.M. Singh 960 First
06/048 Ms Sangeeta Devi D/o Shri Tara Chand 839 Second
06/049 Ms Sapna Rani D/o Shri Purshotam Das Sharma 863 Second
06/050 Ms Sarika Tanwar D/o Shri Hansraj Tanwar ER in VII&PR
06/051 Mr Satyanarayan S/o Shri Gokul Chand ER IV&V
06/052 Mr Satyender Prasad S/o Shri B. Prasad ER IV & V
06/053 Ms Savita Pawar D/o Shri Sukh Pal Singh ER in Final Term
06/054 Ms Sonia Kumari D/o Shri Kuldeep Singh 1102 First
06/055 Ms Suman Chaudhary D/o Shri Balraj Chaudhary ER in Final Term
06/056 Ms Swati Bansal D/o Shri Anil Kumar Bansal 1139 First
06/057 Ms Swati Sharma D/o Shri M. K. Sharma 847 Second
06/058 Ms Urmila Devi D/o Shri Balbir Singh 1054 First
06/059 Ms Usha Rani D/o Shri Ramesh Chander 1055 First
06/060 Ms Vinita Gaur D/o Shri Ayodhya P. Gaur 1070 First
06/061 Mr Vinod Kumar S/o Shri Chani Ram ER in III, IV
06/062 Ms Sapna D/o Shri Ram Niwas 668 Third
06/063 Ms Jyoti Gulati D/o Shri Ashok Gulati 645 Third
06/064 Ms Pooja D/o Shri C.L. Gupta 926 Second
06/065 Ms Renu Goswami D/o Shri Ram Avtar Giri ER in Final Term
06/066 Ms Rajni D/o Shri Kuldeep Singh ER in I, V
06/067 Ms Neha Gujela D/o Shri Davinder Gujela 751 Third
06/068 Ms Kavita D/o Shri Raj Singh ER in Final Term
06/070 Ms Mithlesh D/o Shri Jai Kishan Sharma 715 Third
06/072 Ms Anita D/o Shri Om Prakash 881 Second
06/073 Ms Anjana D/o Shri Mahavir S Mahlawat 983 First
06/074 Ms Anita D/o Shri Bal Kishan ER in I, IV
06/075 Ms Preeti D/o Shri Kailash Chander 800 Second
06/076 Ms Preeti Tanwar D/o Shri Shyam Pal ER in I, V
06/077 Mr Mohit Vashishtha S/o Shri S. K. Sharma 831 Second
06/078 Ms Kanchan D/o Shri Mahinder Bhatia 960 First
06/079 Ms Rachna D/o Shri P.R. Sharma 960 First
06/080 Ms Balvinder Kaur D/o S. Gurmej Singh 673 Third
Supplementary Exam. Dec. 2005
04/020 Mr Ashok Kumar S/o Shri Ramji Lal ER in IV
04/050 Ms Indra Rawat D/o Shri K. S. Rawat 754 Third
04/089 Ms Neelam D/o Shri Rattan Singh 775 Third
04/131 Ms Renu D/o Shri Ram Karan 725 Third
04/179 Ms Sunita D/o Shri Som Dev 699 Third
PROF S DASGUPTA MEMORIAL MEDAL
Ms Anita D/o Shri Puran Singh was declared recipient of the Prof S Dasgupta Memorial Medal for securing highest marks in the C.Lib.Sc. Examination of 2005- 2006 Session. She secured 1199 marks out of 1600. The Medal was awarded to her on 10 March 2007 by Madam Usha Aggarwal MCD Councilor on the occasion of Foundation Day Function who was the Chief Guest at the function.
N K GOIL PRIZE
Ms Swati Bansal D/o Sh. Amit Kumar Bansal was awarded the N K Goil Prize for standing 1 st Class Second in Order to merit in C Lib Sc examination of 2005 - 2006 session. She secured 1139 marks out of 1600. The Prize was awarded to the candidate on 10 th March 2007 by Madam Usha Aggarwal MCD Councilor who was the Chief Guest on the Foundation Day Function.
JOGINDER SINGH SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE
In October 2004 Sardar Joginder Singh, former Library Director of the American Information Resource Centre, New Delhi (a student of 1 st batch of C Lib Sc of the School of Library Science of DLA and now a resident of United States of America) instituted “Joginder Singh Scholarship for Excellence in Library Science” to benefit a “needy, but at the same time an academically deserving student admitted to C Lib Sc Course”. Ms Deepti Rohilla D/o Shri Dharam Pal of 2006-07 session was the recipient of the scholarship of the value of Rs 4750/-.
REPORT ON DIPLOMA IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DLIT)
So for 9 batches of Diploma in Library and Information Technology (DLIT) have been trained. The course is becoming quite popular as quite a few BLIS/MLIS degree holders from other universities are also seeking admission. The detailed result of the last two batches is presented below:
Session 2006, 8 th Batch (January-June 2006) & 9 th Batch (July-December 2006).
Roll No. Name Marks Division
06/195 Ms Aarti D/o Shri Satish Kumar 330 First
06/196 Ms Anamika D/o Shri Mahinder Singh Verma 330 First
06/197 Ms Anita D/o Shri Ram Parkash 275 Second
06/198 Ms Anita D/o Shri Om Parkash 275 Second
06/199 Ms Anjali D/o Shri Om Parkash 253 ER in I, III
06/200 Ms Anju Bala D/o Shri Kartar Singh 331 First
06/201 Ms Anju Rani D/o Shri Jai Prakash 217 ER in I, III, V
06/202 Ms Anupama D/o Shri Brijesh Kumar 330 First
06/203 Ms Aparna Kadam D/o Shri T.C. Kadam 360 First
06/204 Ms Deepa Sharma D/o Shri Sunil Sharma 330 First
06/205 Ms Disha Dhingra D/o Shri R.B. Dhingra 382 First
06/206 Ms Harsh Bala D/o Late Shri Subhash Chander
06/207 Ms Hemlata Sagwan D/o Shri Randhir Singh 331 First
06/208 Ms Jyoti Bhardwaj D/o Shri Surender Bhardwaj 342 First
06/210 Ms Lakshmi D/o Shri Suresh Kumar 330 First
06/211 Ms Madhu Bala D/o Shri Vinod Kumar 287 Second
06/212 Ms Mamta D/o Shri Banwari Lal 381 First
06/213 Ms Manisha D/o Shri Subhas Chand 285 Second
06/214 Ms Meena Kumari D/o Shri Baru Ram 230 ER in I, III
06/215 Ms Meenakshi D/o Shri Bhagwan 321 Second
06/216 Ms Minakshi Lohia D/o Shri Jagdish Kumar 288 Second
06/217 Ms Monika D/o Shri Ramesh Chand 315 Second
06/218 Ms Monika Mitra D/o Shri Triloki Nath Mitra 337 First
06/219 Mr Naresh Kumar S/o Late Shri Daya Nand 166 ER in I, III, P, V
06/220 Ms Naveeta Arora D/o Shri S.L. Arora 315 Second
06/221 Ms Nisha Tanwar D/o Shri R. Singh Tanwar 295 Second
06/222 Ms Pooja Chaudhary D/o Shri Babu Ram 359 First
06/223 Ms Pooja Tyagi D/o Shri Subhash Chand Tyagi 395 First
06/224 Ms Poonam D/o Shri Vijay Kumar 364 First
06/225 Ms Priti Gupta D/o Shri Hari Autar Gupta 330 First
06/226 Ms Priyanka Bhardwaj D/o Late Jai Narayan 334 First
06/227 Ms Rachna D/o Shri Jiley Singh 248 ER in III
06/228 Ms Rachna Mehda D/o Shri Bhopal Singh 341 First
06/229 Ms Radha Rani D/o Shri Yudhvir Singh 381 First
06/230 Ms Rajeev Kaur D/o S. Darshan Singh 314 Second
06/231 Ms Rajni Saini D/o Shri Hira Lal Saini 301 Second
06/232 Mr Ravinder Kumar S/o Shri Har Pal Singh 269 ER in III &V
06/233 Ms Rekha D/o Shri Mahesh Chand Lakchaura 330 First
06/234 Ms Renu D/o Shri T.N. Mishra 285 Second
06/235 Mr Sandeep Gaur S/o Shri Ramesh Chander 287 ER in III
06/236 Ms Santosh Kumari D/o Shri Bharam Singh 330 First
06/237 Ms Sapna Gupta D/o Shri Naresh Kumar Gupta 316 Second
06/238 Ms Savita D/o Shri Devi Singh 343 First
06/239 Ms Seema D/o Shri Girdhari Lal 315 Second
06/240 Ms Shikha D/o Shri Ramesh 345 First
06/241 Mr Shyam Sunder Ummerwal S/o Shri S. Singh 308 Second
06/242 Ms Suman Kumari D/o Shri Santool Singh 368 First
06/243 Ms Suman Sehrawat D/o Shri Rajinder Singh 336 First
06/244 Mr Sumit Mathur S/o Shri N. S. Mathur 275 Second
06/245 Ms Uma Joshi D/o Shri Nanda Ballabh 311 Second
06/246 Mr Varun Kumar Sharma S/o Shri P K Sharma 261 ER in III
06/248 Mr Vikky Panwar S/o Shri Rajender Panwar 335 First
06/249 Ms Vinita Gaur D/o Shri Ayodhya Prasad 359 First
06/250 Ms Vinita Tyagi D/o Shri Rajender Tyagi 312 Second
06/251 Mr Vinod S/o Shri Mohinder 226 ER in III, P, V
06/252 Ms Abhilasha D/o Shri D.P. Rattan ER in I
06/254 Ms Anjana D/o Shri Mahavir Singh Mahlawat 338 First
06/255 Ms Anju Mogha D/o Shri Jeet Singh Mogha 325 Second
06/256 Mr Ankur S/o Shri Tek Chand 303 Second
06/258 Ms Anuradha D/o Shri Sudesh Kumar 353 First
06/259 Ms Aruna D/o Shri raj Kumar 386 First
06/260 Ms Avinash Kaur D/o Har Paul Singh
06/261 Ms Balvinder Kaur D/o S. Gurmej Singh 297 ER in I
06/263 Ms Bindu Sharma D/o Shri Joginder Sharma 338 First
06/264 Mr Deepak Vashist S/o Shri S.N. Vashist 292 Second
06/265 Ms Deepika D/o Shri Satinder Pal Kharbanda 374 First
06/267 Ms Gitika D/o Shri Mahender 378 First
06/268 Mr Jatinder Singh S/o S. Sohan Singh 288 Second
06/269 Ms Jyoti Gulati D/o Shri Ashok Gulati ER in I, III
06/270 Ms Jyoti Kumar D/o Shri Baljeet Singh 380 Second
06/271 Ms Kancha D/o Shri Mohinder Pal 360 First
06/273 Ms Kavita Verma D/o Shri Laxmi Narain 333 First
06/274 Ms Komal D/o Shri Brahm Sinngh ER in PR
06/276 Ms Limani Jayshrieen Hansraj D/o Shri H. Bhai ER in PR
06/278 Ms Madhu Kumari D/o Shri Gopi Nath Pandey 316 Second
06/279 Ms Mamta D/o Shri Baljit Singh ER in III
06/280 Ms Mamta D/o Shri Khem Singh 305 Second
06/281 Ms Mangli Kumari D/o Shri Jeet Ram Bhatt 327 Second
06/282 Ms Meenakshi D/o Shri Jagdish Prasad Verma ER in PR
06/283 Ms Meenakshi D/o Shri Sukhbir Singh 389 First
06/284 Ms Megha Gupta D/o Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta 387 First
06/285 Ms Monika D/o Shri Ajab singh 330 First
06/286 Ms Monika Choudhary D/o Shri Puran Singh 362 First
06/288 Ms Neelam D/o Shri Jai Bhagwan 318 Second
06/289 Ms Neemal D/o Shri Tara Chand 343 First
06/290 Ms Neha Gujela D/o Shri Devender Gujela ER in I
06/291 Mr Nitin Kumar Bhardwaj S/o Shri Parmod Kr ER in PR
06/292 Ms Om Wati D/o Shri Prem Pratap ER in I, PR
06/293 Ms Pooja D/o Shri Chhedi Lal Gupta 326 Second
06/294 Ms Preeti Garg D/o Shri Kailash Chand Garg ER in PR
06/295 Ms Preety D/o Shri Kailash Chander ER in I
06/296 Mr Purshottam Kumar S/o Shri Banwari Lal ER in PR
06/297 Ms Rajni D/o Shri Kuldeep Singh ER in I
06/298 Ms Meena Singh D/o Shri Raj Mahatam Singh 299 Second
06/299 Ms Renu D/o Shri Umed Singh ER in I, PR
06/300 Ms Ruchika D/o Shri Daya Singh 363 First
06/301 Ms Rupali D/o Shri Raj Mahatam Singh 359 First
06/302 Ms Sangeeta D/o Shri Ved Pal 313 Second
06/303 Ms Sangeeta Lochav D/o Shri T. S. Locahv 362 First
06/304 Ms Santosh D/o Shri Umed Singh 337 First
06/305 Ms Sapna D/o Shri Ram Niwas ER in I
06/308 Ms Shalini Bhardwaj D/o Shri Suresh Bhardwaj 371 First
06/309 Ms Shikha Garg D/o Shri O. P. Garg 396 First
06/311 Ms Sonika D/o Shri Ajab Singh 319 Second
06/312 Ms Sujeta D/o Shri Vinod Kumar 332 First
06/313 Ms Suman Bala Mehta D/o Shri Vinod Kumar 324 Second
06/314 Ms Swati Sharma D/o Shri M. K. Sharma 314 Second
06/315 Ms Taruna Rani D/o Shri Dharam Pal Singh ER in I
06/316 Ms Urmila Devi D/o Shri Balbir Singh 371 First
06/317 Ms Vibha Tyagi D/o Shri Dev Dutt Tyagi ER in PR
FACULTY OF SCHOOL
The faculty of the School of Library Science comprises of:
Pof H C Jain (Director)
Mr M L Kachroo (Registrar)
Prof C P Vashishth (Principal)
Dr S C Jindal
Mr J K Anand
Dr Sunil Kumar
Mr Chhotey Lal
Mr K P Singh
Dr R S Thakur
Mr Dharam Kumar
Mr Rajesh Kr Bhardwaj
Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Dr S K Bajpai, Dr Jagdish Arora, Mrs Renu Arora, Dr S Majumdar, and Shri Rajesh Singh served as visiting faculty for DLIT students.
The Association is grateful to all the faculty members for giving their honorary service to the School.
LIBRARY HERALD
The Library Herald, a quarterly organ of the Delhi Library Association completed 44 successful volumes. Issue no. 1 of volume 45 for the period March 2007 was released in March it self, thereby making it the most regularly brought out and up-to-date journal in the field of the Library and Information Science in India. The Association places on record the honorary editorial service rendered by Prof C P Vashishth, Dr Sunil Kumar and Dr R K Sharma. The Association is also indebted to Members of Advisory Board comprising Prof B Guha ( Delhi), Prof J N Gautam ( Gwalior), Prof M P Satija ( Amritsar), Dr P S G Kumar ( Nagpur), Dr Sanjaya Mishra ( Delhi), and Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi (Kolkata) for providing their honorary advisory service to improve quality of the contents of Library Herald.
MEMBERSHIP RATES
As per rules all the students of 2006-07 session were enrolled as student members of the Association. Membership subscription for various categories continues to be as:
Life Member Rs 2, 000/-
Ordinary Member Rs 200/- per annum
Student Member Same as for ordinary members
Institutional Member Rs 1,000/- per annum
One time Institutional Membership Rs 25,000/-
NEW LIFE MEMBERS
The following members of the profession have been enrolled as Life Members of the Association:
Mr Rajesh Kr Sharma (Noida) LM/B-334
Dr D Rajyalakshmi ( Nagpur) LM/B-342
Mr Ashish Bhurya ( Delhi) LM/B-340
Mr Amit Kumar Sharma (Gurgaon) LM/B-353
NEW INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER
British Council Library, Delhi (IM/B-348) has enrolled itself as an Institutional Member.
PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP
As a membership privilege, all the members are entitled for a complementary copy of the Library Herald. Members are requested to kindly collect their copy of Library Herald personally or through messenger. Or else they may pay Rs 100/- per annum to receive it by courier/postal service.
PATRON MEMBER
Senior members of the profession are requested to become patron Member of the Association. At present Shri Man Singh, a sitting Life Member of the Association is the only Patron Member of the Association who became patron member of the Association by paying requisite amount of Rs 20, 000/- last year.
WEBSITE
Members will be delighted to learn that the Association’s Website is becoming quite popular. It can be accessed at http:://www.dlaindia.org its popularity can be judged by the number of hits it is receiving. As a result the Office Bearers of the Association are receiving international mails quite often.
ACKNOWLEGMENT
On behalf of all the Office Bearers of the Delhi Library Association and my own behalf, I thank honourable members of the Association and others for extending their utmost cooperation in organizing various programmes and activities during the period April 2006 to March 2007. Besides, I personally feel grateful to each and every member of the Executive Committee, finance Committee, Administrative Committee, Building Committee, IT committee, members of Faculty, Director, Principal, and Registrar of the School of Library Science, Professor H C Jain, President Shri M L Kachroo, Treasurer Dr Sunil Kumar, Returning Officer Prof B Guha, Editor Prof C P Vashishth, Associate Editors Dr Sunil Kumar and Dr R K Sharma, Principals/ Directors/ Librarians of various institutions for providing practical training to our C Lib Sc and DLIT students, and the support staff of the Association namely Shri Rajesh Kumar Tiwari and others, and Computer Lab of the School of Library Science for making it possible for me to discharge my responsibilities as General Secretary effectively.
Thanks are also due to the authorities of the NIC New Delhi, and IGNOU for reposing faith in us and asking us to provide them manpower for Indexing/abstracting job and physical space for holding their counseling sessions and examination respectively.
Our respectful thanks are due to Mrs Usha Aggarwal, MCD Councilor from Inderpuri area for associating herself with the Foundation Day Function held on 10 th March 2007. We also thank her for extending all the help she gave to us in improving the environment around Ranganathan Bhawan. Mr Arun Shalia, Mr A P Gupta and Mr Hari Chand Goma also deserve our special thanks for looking after the interests of the Association.
Thanks are also due to Shri D R Sardana and Shri Rajesh Sardana of M/s Cambridge Press for maintaining the printing schedule for the timely release of Library Herald and other publications.
Last but not least our thanks are also due to M/s Akash Jain & Associates for auditing the accounts of the Association.
New Delhi C P Vashishth
23 September 2007 General Secretary
