Batch: 2017-2018

Learning from IITGN Library: At IITGN, I actually got to see the proper functioning of a library and saw what the ideal librarian is like. I got to learn every little and important work in the library there. “It is said that positive energy helps anyone can do much good in his life”, I got that positive energy in IITGN. Besides, I consider myself very lucky because I got the right foundation at the beginning of my professional career. Whatever I have learned from my gurus, that learning always helps me to every turn in my life.

Life after IITGN

Currently Working: Senior Project Associate-LS, INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar

Job Profile: Content Management and Documentations, Mail communication, Telecommunication of help-desk, User query analysis and statistics, Data or Website testing and verifications, editing and uploading of data on the website, Teamwork and discussion, Institute publication data verification, NIRF, ARIIA, e-PGP, UGC MOOCs, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, PMMMNMTT-Leap, Bibliometric, and other project-related activities.

Interest in LIS Field: Library Awareness; Bibliometric and, IPR (especially in Patent)

Goals in LIS field: To increase library awareness among peoples and make the village library in the rural area.

Professional Achievement: {Important Publications}

• Joorel, J. P. S., Kumar, A., Tiwari, S., Chauhan, A. K., and Ahirwar, R. (2020). Patent Trends in Higher Education of India: A Study on Indian Central Universities. 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems and further presenting, ICTIS 2020 .Ahmedabad. India

• Kumar, A., Singh Joorel, J. P., Ahirwar, R., & Chauhan, A. K. (2020). India Rankings: Impact on Research Publications (A Case Study on Top 20 Engineering Institutions). In D. K. Mishra, N. Dey, B. S. Deora, & A. Joshi (Eds.), ICT for Competitive Strategies (1st ed., pp. 153–160). CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9781003052098-17

• Chauhan, A. K., & Kumbar, R. T. (2019). Awareness About Public Library Resources in Rural Varanasi: A Study. Library Herald, 57(4), 448. DOI: 10.5958/0976-2469.2019.00029.0

• Kumar, A., Tiwari, S., Chauhan, A. K., & Ahirwar, R. (2019). Impact of NIRF on research publications: A study on top 20 (ranked) Indian Universities. COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management, 13(2), 219–229. DOI: 10.1080/09737766.2020.1741194

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