Ramesh C. Gaur
Professor (Dr.) Ramesh C. Gaur is a distinguished scholar, administrator, and expert in library and information sciences, digital preservation, and cultural heritage. A Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar from Virginia Tech, USA, he currently serves as Dean (Administration) and Director & Head of the Kala Nidhi Division at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He is also In-cho national projects, including the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design (ABCD), the National Mission on Cultural also In-charge of key Mapping (NMCM) Project, and the Reorganization of Artworks & Aesthetics Projects undertaken by IGNCA at various institutions.
With an illustrious career spanning multiple prestigious institutions, Dr. Gaur has held leadership roles as Director of the National School of Drama (NSD) and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Indian Institute of Heritage (IIH), Ministry of Culture, University Librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi etc.
Dr. Gaur is the first Indian to be nominated as a Member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MOW) Programme and Co-Chair & Member of the UNESCO Global Task Force on the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL). His national engagements include membership in the Governing Council of INFLIBNET (UGC), the AIU Cultural Committes, and the Board of Studies at Kurukshetra University. He is also associated with Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studien Rathanlal Chaturvedi Graben. Dink Tubemarivarsity (Delhi), Nalanda University, Central Sanskrit University, and served on the National C Come for stranic Theses and Dissertations, the National Advisory Board for namdhunational Consortia, and various committees of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).
Dr. Gaur has received several national and international awards. He is widely respected for his expertise in research ethics, plagiarism detection, digital preservation of cultural archives, language documentation, and documentary heritage. A leading figure in the field of library and information sciences, Dr. Gaur has travelled extensively to more than 25 countries, contributing to global initiatives on cultural heritage, digital knowledge management, and academic research ethics.
Mr. Kumar Sanjay has been serving as the Director of the Library and Documentation Centre at NITI Aayog since 2020. Prior to this role, he worked as the Chief Librarian and Documentation Officer at NITI Aayog. With over 25 years of experience in various institutions and government organisations, Shri Kumar has been an integral part of the library profession. He has been a member of several committees established by different government institutions to categorise their libraries. Over the years, he has organised numerous programs and activities within his libraries. Additionally, he served as the editor of the CGLA News Bulletin and has published many articles in national and international journals, as well as in conference proceedings. From 2012 to 2020, he was a member of the Governing Board of DELNET. He holds a lifetime membership in several respected associations, including the Indian Library Association (ILA), IASLIC, Delhi Library Association (DLA), Central Government Library Association (CGLA), and the GILA. Currently, he is a member of the Course Coordinator Committee stablished by CBSE for curriculum design in Library and Information Science for vocational courses in classes XI and XII. He is also the Vice President of the Delhi Library Association (DLA).
