- President
Library Association, Bangalore, Karnataka (May 2008 – November 2010)
Association of British Scholars, Bangalore (From August 2002 – May 2008)
- Vice President
IASLIC, Calcutta, India (1998-2002)
- Executive Committee Member
International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics, The Netherlands (up to
2003);
- Secretary
Indian Statistical Institute, Karnataka branch (2008- till today)
- Life Member
Society for Information Science, New Delhi.
Association of British Scholars, Chennai/Bangalore.
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
Indian Library Association, New Delhi.
Indian Statistical Institute Alumni Association
- Member and Chairman of the Programme Committee for Asia Region:
Eleventh ISSI conference, held at Madrid in 2007
Tenth ISSI conference held at, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2005.
Ninth ISSI conference held at Beijing, China 2003.
Eighth conference held at Sidney, Australia 2001.
Seventh ISSI conference held at Mexico in 1999.
Sixth ISSI Conference held at Jerusalem in 1997.
Fifth ISSI Conference held at Chicago in 1995.
- Member
International Programme Committee, Fourth ISSI Conference held Belin, 1993
International Programme Committee, Third ISSI Conference held at London,Ontario,
Canada, 1989.
First International Conference on Bibliometrics and Theoretical Aspects of Information
Retrieval, 24-28 August 1987, Brussels, Belgium.
UGC Curriculum Development Committee, 90-92 (Actively, involved in drafting model
syllabi for B.Lib. Sc, M.Lib.Sc, M. Phil and Ph. D Programmes in Indian Universities).
- Organizing Secretary
Third International Conference on Informetrics, 9-12 August 1991, DRTC, Bangalore
- Conference Director
INFOTEX 93: An International Conference on Database Production and Distribution:
Resources,Technology and Management, held at Bangalore, 28 Nov '93 - 1 Dec '93
- Director
XV IASLIC Seminar on 'Information Retrieval, held at the Dept. of Library and Information
Science of the Annamalai University, between 25-29 December 1992 at Chidambaram
- Chairman
Editorial Committee for the National Seminar on Application of Information Technologies
in India Status, Strategies, Opportunities and Problems, 8-10 Jan. 1998; conducted
by Gulbarga University, Gulbarga
- Convener
Seminar on Electronic Sources of Information, held at DRTC, Bangalore in 1st - 3rd
March 2000
Workshop on Information Management including ISO 9000 QMS, held at DRTC Bangalore,
6-8 Jan. 1999.
Workshop on Informetrics & Scientometrics, held at DRTC, Bangalore, 1998.
Workshop on Information Retrieval, held at DRTC, 5-7 February 1992. DRTC Refresher
Seminar (14), 1983, on Library Automation.
- Co-Convener
Workshop on Advances in Information Technology, held at DRTC, Bangalore, 1996.
DRTC Annual Seminar (19) on Collection Development and Document Circulation, held
at DRTC Bangalore, 1982
- Rapporteur-General
Conference on Health (Literature) Information for all by 1990. Organized by Medical
Library Association held at KMC, Manipal, 2-4 January 1987
XV All India Conference of the IASLIC, held at Bangalore, December 1985.
- Delivered Five Laws Lecture
Organized by the DRTC Alumni Association in memory of the late Dr S.R Ranganathan.
27 Sept. 1979, at DRTC, Bangalore. Topic: Automated Circulation System: An Overview
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