Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) is a research centre (and a department) for library and information science under Computer and Communication Sciences Division and allied disciplines at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. The Centre was established by Prof. Sirkali Ramamrita Ranganathan with the encouragement and expression of approval and support by Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis, founder of Indian Statistical Institute. DRTC has since been involved in Research, Education, Training and cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. Recently, DRTC celebrated the Golden Jubilee in July, 2012 for its 50 years and 'International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics' (ICTK-2012), as a part of it. DRTC is the first made repository on DSpace in India. DRTC provides various workshops in DSpace very frequently. DRTC started 2 year Post-Graduate Course leading to “Associateship in Documentation and Information Science” one1 year course and one year project work) From July, 2008 the course were renamed as “M. S. in Library and Information Science” of 2 year course as Master in LIS. The minimum qualification for admission to the course is a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from recognized Indian or Foreign University (obtained after a minimum of 12+3 years of education) is offered at the ISI Bangalore Centre. Selection of candidates for the M.S. programme will be based on academic records and performance of the candidate in an all-India written entrance test and interview. There is no tuition fee for the programme and all eligible students will receive a stipend of (Rs 5000 per month for 24 months). The Website Link: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/
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