Chief Librarian

Devarai, Rajashekhar; BA, BLISc, MA (Socio); Chief Librarian; b March 31, 1958 Bidar; m Sharada, one d, one s; Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya No. II, Uppal, Hyderabad 1983-88; Asst Librarian, Library & Information Unit, Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad 1988-95; Head Librarian, National Institute of Fashion Techy, Hyderabad 1995-2006; Librarian & Documentationalist, Akruti Citygold Institute, Mumbai 2006—09; Chief Librarian, Chanakya Central Library, Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar 2009-12; Head Resource Centre, National Institute of Fashion Techy, Mumbai 2012-13; Librarian, Reliance Foundation School, Mumbai 2014-15; Chief Librarian, Shishuvan English Medium School, Mumbai 2015-; Participated/attended in/the Annual IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) – Amsterdam and Fashion Fairs  in London the year 1998; Life Member : Academy of Library Science and Documentation, Indian Library Association, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Bombay Science Librarians Association, Karnataka Sahitya Mandira, Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists of India, Indian Sociological Society; NIFT (Hyderabad) Centre Co-ordinator – Fashion and Beyond (Journal); Reviewer of two  International Journals, “Webology” and “Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline (InformingSciJ)”;  pubs-15 papers, 5 essays and 5 poems published in various journals/magazines; Initiated and continues to contribute papers / articles to the Blogs : Moorunaaku (http://moorunaaku.blogspot.in/)