Awards/Recognitions/Honours/Outstanding Performances/Contributions (Selected)

    Individual

  1. SLA Asia Librarian Excellence Award 2024, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
  2. Elsevier Library Stellar Club Membership Award Certificate 2023, on successfully completing Scopus certification program
  3. Outstanding Academic Librarian Award 2023, conferred on the occasion of National Librarians Day 2023, 13th August 2023, for outstanding contributions to LIS discipline, MOOCs development, delivery of innovative library services using cutting edge technologies, remarkable research output and dissemination of knowledge for social development in India, by Social Development Federation, UP-based registered NGO, India.
  4. SALIS - Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra National Best Librarian Award, conferred on 14th October 2022, at KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengodu (TN)
  5. SLA Fellow 2022 (SLA-USA). Admitted to 2022 Class of SLA Fellows, conferred on August 1, 2022, at Charlotte, USA. Now known as Fellow of the SLA (FSLA)
  6. SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award 2021 by Special Libraries Association USA for exceptional contributions/accomplishments on the job within the SLA Engineering Community, etc.
  7. SLA Presidential Citation 2021 from Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA President, Ms. Tara Murray, for Contribution to the SLA as: (1) Member-Task Force on Reopening Specialized Libraries (2) Member-2020 Annual Conference Advisory Committee (3) Presenting a webinar series that drew thousands of attendees and promoted SLA to new audiences.
  8. President 2024, Engineering Community - Special Libraries Association (SLA-USA)
  9. President 2022, Academic & Education Community and Past President, Asian Chapter - Special Libraries Association (SLA-USA)
  10. SLA Overall Best Poster Award 2020. Won the Overall Best Poster Award at SLA 2020 Virtual Interactive Conference for the poster, "Status of Libraries and Librarians in India".
  11. Exchange Visit to University College London (UK), 2020. Visited University College London for exploring mutual collaboration/exchange in the institutional interest in the area of Open Science, Digital Delivery, Estate Development and Strategic Planning during 15-17 January 2020
  12. Organizing Chair of KEDL 2019, Successfully organized one of India's biggest Library and Information Science Events: NDLI-UNESCO International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design 2019 (KEDL 2019) at IIT Delhi during 9-11 December 2019
  13. Librarian's Choice Appreciation Award for Dynamic Librarian (Biennial) 2019 by Royal Society of Chemistry
  14. SLP-SLA Asian Fellow Award 2019 by SLP-Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA, for significant professional contributions presented during biennial Sixth International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2019),February 14-16, 2019, New Delhi (carries Certificate/Citation and Cash Prize of Rs. 15,000).
  15. Coordinator - Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT)/Online MOOCs in Library and Information Sciences under the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, 2019
  16. SLA Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award 2018 by Special Libraries Association USA (SLA), presented during its Annual Conference during June 9-13, 2018, Baltimore, USA for significant professional achievements (carries Certificate/Citation and USD 3000).
  17. Life Time Achievement Award 2015, For Extraordinary services and dedication towards Library Science during National Conference on Emerging Trends in Libraries and Librarianship, July 25 (July 24-25), 2015, Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
  18. Appreciation from Director, IIT Delhi 2019, for starting the Library App.
  19. Developed the customized Institute/Faculty Profiling System of IIT Delhi with support from MHRD Project of Govt of India named IRINS (2019) http://iitd.irins.org .
  20. Library App launched 2019. Library App of the Central Library, IIT Delhi was launched on January 16, 2019, and is available in Google Play Store for Single Window Search.
  21. New Interface and site of Institutional Repository using DSpace 6.3. New Website/Interface with the latest version of DSpace 6.3 and with additional features launched on April 3, 2019, http://eprint.iitd.ac.in
  22. Outstanding as a Borlaug Fellowship participant at Cornell University 2006, As a participant for Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship-2006 (Library Information System/Electronic Library Resources Management), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  23. Vice-Chancellor's Appreciation Award for the year 2003, 2004 , Annual University Award for Exemplary Work and Conduct by the CSK H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur (HP)
  24. Appreciation from Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi 2012, Received Appreciation mail from Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Delhi for Newsclipping Services (Mr. R.P. Agarwal, IAS) (Retd. Secretary, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India).
  25. Appreciation Certificates from the Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, 2017 & 2018. For Extraordinary exemplary services rendered at Aligarh Muslim University during 2016-18.
  26. IIT Delhi Golden Jubilee List of Authors 2010-11 & 2012, Name and Photograph included in the IIT Delhi Golden Jubilee List of Authors 2010-11 & 2012 for Publications.
  27. Best Paper Presentation Award 2012, International Conference on Knowledge Management & Resource Sharing (ICKMARS-2012), Waljat College of Applied Sciences & BIT at Muscat, Oman.
  28. Best Paper Presentation Award 2014, National Conference on e-Resource Management in Libraries: Challenges and Issues, October 11, 2014, Lucknow.
  29. Best Presentation Award 2013, National Conference on Managing of Information Resources in Digital Environment 2013 (Presented to Co-Author).
  30. Certificate of Appreciation 2018, From Pro Vice-Chancellor for outstanding international professional achievement
  31. Certificate of Appreciation 2015, International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL-IV), Seoul, South Korea
  32. Certificate of Appreciation 2014, IEEE for hosting very successful event at IIT Delhi
  33. Certificate of Appreciation 2013, International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL-III), Manila, Philippines.
  34. Who's who in Science and Engineering 2016, Biography published in the Who's who in Science and Engineering 2016-2017 (12th Edition), Who's Who in America Publications, USA
  35. Most Unforgettable Library Moment Award 2015, Global online Competition by Accucoms, Netherlands
  36. Who's who in the World 2012 & 2013, Biography published in the Who’s who in the World 2012 & 2013 (29th & 30th Edition), Marqui’s Who’s Who Publications, USA (ISBN- 978-0-8379-1147-2).
  37. Appreciation/Acknowledgement Certificate from Librarian 2009, Received Appreciation/Acknowledgement Certificate for outstanding works, services and management for the period 2004-2009 from the CSK H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur (HP).
  38. Prolific Author, Published 14 Books/Bibliographies and 130 Papers/Articles in Journals, Proceedings, Books, etc.

    Institutional

  1. Exchange Visit to University College London (UK), 2020. Visited University College London for exploring mutual collaboration/exchange in the institutional interest in the area of Open Science, Digital Delivery, Estate Development and Strategic Planning during 15-17 January 2020
  2. Organizing Chair - KEDL (NDLI International Symposium) 2019. NDLI-UNESCO International Symposium on Knowledge Engineering for Digital Library Design 2019. This great event will be hosted by Central Library, IIT Delhi with me as Organizing Chair with about 400 participants and a large number from outside India during Dec. 9-11, 2019 http://kedl2019.ndl.gov.in
  3. ProQuest Databases Highest Usage Award 2018. To IIT Delhi on the basis of highest usage of its databases by the user community at IIT Delhi
  4. Top contributor in the National Digital of India (NDLI) 2018, One of the top content contributors recognition to AMU, 8th Feb. 2018 at IIT Kharagpur with me as University Librarian of AMU
  5. Top contributing institution in ShodhGanga ETD Repository 2016, No.1 contributors recognition to AMU, 5th October 2016
  6. Top contributing institution in ShodhGanga ETD Repository 2017, One of the Top 10 Contributors recognition to AMU, 13th December 2017
  7. ProQuest Theses & Dissertations Highest Usage Award (PQDT) 2017, With marketing/orientation programs, made it possible
  8. River Ganga Repository 2016, Initiative with the aim to collect, organize and to make accessible all the literature on or about River Ganga, 2016 onwards,AMU, Aligarh
  9. Digitalization of AMU Records 2017, The Minutes of about 100 years of AMU Court, Executive Council and Academic Council digitized and made accessible with key word searching facility
  10. Digitalization of Institute Records System of IIT Delhi 2015-16, All the important records of IIT Delhi digitalized including Board Minutes, Service Books, Student Records, etc and access was made available on Intranet
  11. Digitization Project Implementation 2013-2015, Successfully completed the Ph.D. Theses Digitization Project of approximately 1.5 million pages at IIT Delhi including OCRing, Secured PDF, Access through multiple Platforms.
  12. RFID Systems Implementation 2011,Implemented Comprehensive RFID Systems in the Central Library, IIT Delhi and contributed significantly in the technical component.
  13. Best Library of the Year Award 2010, Enabled the University Library, CSK H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur (HP) to win the BEST LIBRARY OF THE YEAR 2010 AWARD at the India International Centre, New Delhi during December 30-31, 2010, conferred by the World Management Congress. Earlier the library was declared as the first best automated library among the NARS libraries (From amongst app. 140 libraries throughout India).
  14. Editorial Board Member of the Professional Journals 2008, on the Editorial Board of many Professional Journals/Serials in Library and Information Science and also the Chair (Editorial Board), Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor of some of these.
  15. ISO 9001:2000/2008 Standards 2006 , Successfully implemented ISO 9001:2000/2008 Standards in the University Library, CSK H.P. Agriculture University, Palampur (HP).
  16. World Bank aided ICAR Projects 2003 , Successfully implemented 3 World Bank aided ICAR Projects on Library Automation/Digitization, Institutional Repositories, worth crores/millions of Rupees in the capacity as Executing Agency/Person/CCPI (PI).