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1. Name : K. PRAKASH

2. Father's Name : K. BASAVANYAPPA

3. Present Address : K.PRAKASH, SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL OFFICER-I

INFLIBNET Centre, An Autonomous Inter-University

Centre of UGC, Near Gujarat University Guest House

P.B.NO.4116, Navrangpura

AHMEDABAD-380 009

4. Date of Birth : 16-05-1968

5. Nationality : Indian

6. Marital Status : Married

7. Category : General

8. Languages known : Kannada, English and Hindi

9. Educational Qualifications:

Sl. No.	Exam Passed	University/ Board	Year of Passing	Subjects taken	Division & % of Marks
01	S.S.L.C. (10^{th Std.})	B.K.Gupta High School, Ranebennur, K.S.S.E.B., Bangalore	APR-1983	KAN., ENG., HIN. SCI. MATH., SOC. STUD.	SECOND 58.83
02	P.U.C. (12^{th Std.})	P.C.Jabin Science College, Hubli; K.P.U.E.B., Bangalore	APR-1987	KAN., ENG., PHY. CHE. MATHS, BIO.	PASS 45.50
03	B.Sc.	R.T.E.S.College, Ranebennur Karnatak University, Dharwad	APR-1990	KAN., ENG., CHEM. PHY., MATHS	SECOND 54.56
04	B.L.I.Sc.	Department of Library & Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad	APR-1992	LIB. SOC., LIB. MGT. LIB. CLA., LIB. CAT. INF. SCI., INF. SOR.	SECOND 58.80
05	M.L.I.Sc.	Department of Library & Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad	APR-1993	UNI. SUB, RES.MET. ADV. CLA. & CAT. INF. SYST. & NET. COMP. & INF. TECH. SPL. LIB. SYST.	FIRST 67.40
06	NET-UGC	Department of Education Government of Karnataka Bangalore (Accredited to UGC)	APR-1994	Library & Information Science	Eligible for Lectureship & Research Fellowship
07	Ph.D.	Department of Library & Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad	JUN-1997 (Reg.No. 151)	Scientometrics Analysis of Psychological Literature	Research is undergoing

10. Experience:

Sl. No.	Name of the Employer	Designation	Period of working from	Period of working to	Salary Drawn	Nature of Work
01	Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology Davangere	Deputy Librarian	01.05.1993	04.09.1993	1640/- Basic 3000/-Gross	Routine work & Automation of Library
02	National Centre for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore	Information Trainee	06.09.1993	01.09.1994	1800/- Basic 1800/- Gross	Information Services, Information Technology Applications to Library & Information Services
03	P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore	Librarian	07.09.1994	28.11.1994	2200/- Basic 4000/- Gross	Routine work & Automation of Library, Developed Books Database
04	Harihar Polyfibers, Grasim Industries Limited, Kumarapatnam , Harihar	Library Officer	01.02.1994	11.09.1995	3300/- Basic 5000/- Gross	Setting up & Organised Technical Library, Deve-loped Database of Books, Serials & Reports
05	INFLIBNET Centre, University Grants Commission, Ahmedabad	Scientific/ Technical Officer-I	18.09.1995	Till date	2180/- Basic 7000/- Gross	Database Development, Information Services, Application of Inf. Tech. Training for Lib.profes.

11. Project works done in M.L.I.Sc. and N.C.S.I. :

Citation Pattern in Social Science Theses - A Bibliometric Study

Porting of dBase III+/ IV Database to CDS/ISIS

Developments in Document Delivery Services and their Suitability for Improving NCSI Services

12. Nature of work performed:

Incharge of compilation of Union Catalogue - Database of Books for reformatting, authentication, and merging etc.

Assisting in developing database of Theses, Serials, Experts and Projects and software development in Sybase, ILMS and Windows based housekeeping software for Library Management System.

Helped in designing interface programs in Pascal using CDS/ISIS for duplicate checking, modification, merging and updating the data to Union Catalogue and also helped in developing other search interfaces for Books, Serials and Theses, Experts.

Providing information services based on Union Catalogue, CD-ROM and Internet.

Assisted in conducting training courses of INFLIBNET Centre for the Library & Information and Computer professionals in the area of "Information Technology Applications to Library & Information Services".

Assisting (as library committee member) in Looking after the INFLIBNET Library and in computerising using indigenously developed ILMS software.

Visited various universities for providing on-site training

13. Knowledge of Computer and other information:

Knowledge of developing various Databases

Knowledge of setting up of CD-ROM and Online workstations.

Knowledge of using E-mail and Online facilities.

Knowledge of using INTERNET services and utilities.

Knowledge of using I-NET, ERNET and VSNL networks etc.

14. Working knowledge of Operating Systems:

1) MS-DOS Ver.6.22 2) LAN Ver 4.11 3) WINDOWS-95 4) UNIX Ver.3.2 etc.

15. Working knowledge of software packages:

1) CDS/ISIS 2) ILMS 3) LIBSYS 4) SANJAY 5) WordStar 6) MS-Office 7) DBASE 8) LOTUS etc.

16. Papers Presented/Published:

Citation Pattern in the field of Political Science: K.Prakash IN LIBCON 1994, National Conference on Bibliometrics, Informetrics & Scientometrics (November, 1994 SYLA, Bangalore)

Information Access through INFLIBNET: K.Prakash and H.G.Hosamani IN CALIBER 96 IN Ed.by M.A.Gopinath and M.K.R.Naidu hosted by M.S.University, Baroda and INFLIBNET Programme, UGC, Ahmedabad

Creation and utilisation of Database of Experts: V.S.Cholin and K.Prakash IN CALIBER 96 IN Ed.by M.A.Gopinath and M.K.R.Naidu hosted by M.S.University, Baroda and INFLIBNET Programme, UGC, Ahmedabad

Document Delivery Services in NCSI: K.Prakash and T.B.Rajshekar submitted for publication in IASLIC Bulletin

Porting of dBase database to CDS/ISIS: K.Prakash and A.Sreenivas Ravi submitted for publication in IASLIC Bulletin

Development of Databases at INFLIBNET for Accessing Electronic Information: K.Prakash and V.S.Cholin IN Ed.by A.L.Moorthy and P.B.Mangala. Papers presented at the Fourth National Convention for Automation of Libraries in Education and Research (CALIBER-97) held during 6-8, March 1997 at Patiala

Status of Computerisation and Networking of University Libraries in India: V.S.Cholin and K.Prakash IN Ed.by A.L.Moorthy and P.B.Mangala. Papers presented at the Fourth National Convention for Automation of Libraries in Education and Research (CALIBER-97) held during 6-8, March 1997 at Patiala

17. Professional Membership:

1. State Youth Library Association, Bangalore

2. Karnataka State Library Association, Bangalore

3. Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Calcutta

4. Society for Information Science, New Delhi

5. Indian Library Association, New Delhi

18. References:

1. Dr.T.S.Kumbar

Scientist-D (LS-Division Head)

INFLIBNET Centre

An Autonomous Inter-University Centre of UGC

Gujarat University Campus

P.B.No.4116, Navrangpura

AHMEDABAD-380009

Email: kumbar@inflibnet.ernet.in

2. Dr.T.B.Rajshekar

Associate Chairman

National Centre for Science Information

Indian Institute of Science

BANGALORE-560012

Email: raja@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

3. Dr.C.R.Karisiddappa

Professor

Department of Library and Information Science

Karnatak University

DHARWAD-580003

Email: library@unikarn.nic.in

4. Dr.S.L.Sangam

Professor

Department of Library and Information Science

Karnatak University

DHARWAD-580003

Email: library@unikarn.nic.in

Place: Ahmedabad Signature of the applicant

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