EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

  

Dr. Nafeesa

Dr. Nafeesa Fathima Moinuddin is a Senior Professor in English at Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women (Autonomous), Chennai – 600 018.  She joined the institution in 1991 after serving as Lecturer in English at the Ethiraj College for Women from 1988 to 1991.  She has a brilliant academic record having topped the B.A. Branch XII English Examination of the University of Madras in 1976, for which she was awarded the Kuppuswami Naidu Memorial Gold Medal and the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Award.

She is keenly interested in New Literatures in English and worked on Canadian Literature for her M.Phil. dissertation.  Her doctoral research focused on Native American Literature.  She was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for her Pre-doctoral Research in 2002-03 which she spent at the University of Arizona, Tucson.  She has several publications to her credit. She teaches both the UG and PG classes and has collaborated in the preparation of textbooks for the Foundation Course in English which have been published by Macmillan.  She is the teacher-coordinator in charge of publishing the monthly college online campus newsletter ‘Live Wire’.  She is also in charge of the library and debating activities of the college including ‘J Theatre’,  the College theatre group.  A member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell from 2005 when it was formed, she assumed charge as the IQAC Coordinator of the college in 2009.

Mrs.Mehar Banu

Mrs. Mehar Banu who has 36 years of teaching experience in JBAS College for Women is currently the head of the Department of English.  She is also the Dean of Arts and Co-ordinator of the Honours club.  The University of Madras has appointed her as a panel member of its inspection commission.  She is also a member of Board of Studies and academic auditor for several city colleges.  She has collaborated in the preparation of General English textbooks  that have been published by Macmillan.  Has presented paper in National and International seminar on Translation Studies.  She was awarded the “Best Teacher Award” by the National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development” in the year 2011.

 

Dr. S. SWAMINATHAN

He got his graduation B.Sc and M.L.I.Sc. from Bishop Heber College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. He also obtained MCA and M.Phil. in Computer Science from Madurai Kamaraj University. He passed UGC-NET in the year 1994. He has 19 years experience in the field of LIS. Currently he is working as Librarian and placement officer in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Education. He had his initial professional training from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli and also a Software giant IBM, Bangalore. He has also course coordinator and faculty for Diploma in Library and Information Science offered by the SRKV College of Education under the UGC Autonomy Scheme. He also obtained a UGC Grant for his Research project. He co- authored two books and published 30 papers in National and International Conferences. He has the credit of 15 papers in National and International Journals.

Dr.V.Sakthi Regha

Dr.V.Sakthi Regha is having around 19 years of experience as librarian. Currently she is working as librarian at Madras School of Social Work (MSSW), Chennai. She has presented number of papers in National and International conferences. She is having few publications for her credit like, journal articles, book chapters and a book titled “Academic Excellence through Knowledge Management” published by the University of Madras in the year 2007. She served as Secretary and Vice-president of SALIS Chennai Chapter. During her tenure in SALIS, She organized many lectures, training programmes and workshops including the UNESCO supported workshop. She also organized few UGC sponsored workshops and completed a UGC-Sponsored minor research project on “Virtual Library for Social Science and Management” in 2009 at MSSW. She has been invited as a resource person for Workshops, Seminars and UGC-Refresher courses.

 

Dr.P.Panneerselvam,

Dr.P.Panneerselvam, present Chairman of SALIS Chennai chapter. Currntly he is working as Librarian at B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai. He has completed PhD in Library & Information Science at University of Madras. He has over 15 years work experience, published seven journal articles and presented over 25 papers in National and International Conferences.  He has been awared ‘Best Young Librarian’ for the year 2007, presented during a National Conference at Anna University, Chennai. He has organized seminars, workshops, conference, International conference (first International conference by SALIS) on emerging topics of LIS during various periods. He is a member of various professional bodies and member of organizing committee in many conferences/seminars. He has also served as secretary for SALIS Chennai chapter. 

 Mrs.M. JANNATH NAJEEMUNNISA BEEGUM

Mrs. M. Jannath Najeemunnisa Beegum, got her graduation B.Sc. Chemistry in J.B.A.S. College for Women and an alumni of this College.  After that she has completed B.Ed. (Physical Science), P.G.D.A.P. (Post Graduate Diploma in Application Programming) and R.B.V. (Rashtrabasha Visharadh Udhradh). She has stepped in to her career as ‘Computer Instructress in ‘Murthuzaviya Hr. Sec. School’, Chennai and  then joined as the ‘System Analyst’ in the Computer Science department of J.B.A.S. College and put her services in all the departments including Controller of Examinations.  She has continued her studies while working and completed B.L.I.S., M.L.I.S., M.C.A., M.Phil. (LIS) and joined as the ‘Librarian’ in the very same institution without any break in service.  She has also passed SET (State Eligibility Test in Lectureship)  in LIS and continuing her Ph.D. (LIS) in Bharathiar University.  She is serving more for the organizational Development.  She has also attended workshops, Seminars, Symposium & conferences and also presented many papers in National and International Level. Currently, she is an EC member of SALIS in the National body and the Vice-Chairman of SALIS, Chennai Chapter.  She has organized so many programmes jointly with JBAS and SALIS for the past 2 (two) to 3 (three) years.  1)  Organized the Preparatory programmes for SET / NET holders on 3 (three) Sundays; 2)  Organized the Library Week Celebrations by conducting Book Exhibition, various inter-collegiate competitions like debate, essay writing competitions, Quiz & oratorical, Seminars, Special Lectures, video show, Librarians Day, etc.; 3) currently she is acting as an Organising Secretary of this National Conference on Next Generation Library Services.

Mrs.Kamatchi. S

Presently Librarian and Information Officer in Anna Centenary Library, Kotturpuram, Chennai. She has 12 years of experience as a Librarian.  Her areas of specialization are Research Methodology, Information Literacy, Content management. She has published ten articles in various national and international journals. She has presented more than 25 papers in various conference and seminars. She is an active member of SALIS and presently secretary of SALIS Chennai chapter.

Associate Editors

S.Manikandan

S.Manikandan, working as Librarian and Information Asst. in Anna Centenary Library, Chennai. He has the experience of 13 years in the field of LIS. He has presented more than 15 papers in the national Seminars and Conferences. He has organized three workshops. From 2005 to 2010, he acted as a NCC Officer in the rank of Lieutenant and underwent 3 months basic military training at NCC OTA, Nagpur.

G.G.Sivakumar

G.G.Sivakumar is presently working as Librarian at Alpha college of Engineering, Chennai. He has Fifteen years of Professional experience. He posses B.Sc.,M.L.I.S and M.Phil Degree. He is one of the founder member of SALIS. He has attended several seminars, workshops and conferences and he is an organizing committee member in many SALIS programs. He has presented 6 papers in national conferences and 1 paper in an International conference.  His area of interests is Library Management and Planning, building Institutional Repositories and e-learning.

A. Joseph Anburaj

A. Joseph Anburaj, is currently working as  Librarian, KCG College of Technology Chennai. Previously he has worked in K.L.N. College of Engineering, Madurai. He has B. Sc  and M.L.I.Sc., and M.Phil. Curruntly he is pursuing Ph.D. He has organized many National Seminars. He has  Organized many seminar jointly with SALIS. He attended many  Conferences, Workshops and Seminars.  He is one of the senior members of SALIS and presently is Vice chairman of SALIS  Chapter. 

Mr. A. Janakiraman

Mr. A. Janakiraman holding the position as a Manager –Library Services at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation  (Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development) for the past 7 years. It is an internationally recognized NGO. He has been writing research articles on open access archives during national and international conferences. He had a wide experience on managing the Library effectively, and keen area of research is Open Access Archives, ICT, Web 2.0 Etc. and also he had vast experience on Engineering, technology Library over a period of 10 Years. And his research desire is to setup an OAA institutional repository in every institution.

Mr.J.Arumugam

Mr. J.Arumugam, M.Sc., M.B.A., is working as Officer, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Chennai. He holds M.Sc., in Information Science from the University of Madras, awarded Dr.S.R.Ranganathan Endowment Prize and Librarian P.Kalyanasundaram Endowment Prize for the first rank in University and completed NET. He has published 9 journal articles and 29 conference papers in various National and International conferences /seminars. He has visited Japan in 2008 as a University nominee and delivered invited talks and organized National seminars. His areas of interest are OSS and Research Methodology.