South Asian University (SAU):
South Asian University (established in 2010) is a joint initiative of the eight SAARC member nations—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka— aimed at providing world-class education and fostering regional consciousness. The idea was proposed by the then Indian Prime Minister at the 2005 SAARC Summit to create a Centre of Excellence that offers top-tier facilities and professional faculty to students and researchers across South Asia. The university's mandate focuses on promoting understanding and regional awareness, nurturing a new class of quality leadership, and enhancing capacity building in crucial areas such as science, technology, and management. Located in Maidan Garhi, South Delhi, SAU offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Research programs in Applied and Social Sciences, fostering a multicultural and cosmopolitan environment. In the beginning it started with five faculties and currently, SAU plans to expand to 13 faculties, accommodating over 5000 students, thus enriching the campus with diverse and innovative ideas while preparing students with a distinctively South Asian perspective.
LIS Academy:
The LIS Academy (Library & Information Science Academy) is a professional charitable Trust established to work for the development of the Profession and to assist Libraries with the state-of-the-art technology. The primary focus of the Academy is to provide need-based service to the different types of Libraries in the country and to work for the advancement of Library and Information Science (LIS) profession at large. The LIS Academy having a tagline “Learn Inspire Serve”, aims to become the best, active and dynamic professional body by supporting the professionals with the essential knowledge, skills, and values of librarianship using innovative and cutting-edge technology and by adopting best and fair practices and innovative ideas. The mission of the LIS Academy is to spread multi-dimensional utility and overall growth of profession of Librarianship, through education, literature, research, publications, outsource, training programs, consultation and collaboration.
Organising Partners
Event Organising Partners
Event Organising Partners
Balani Group
New Delhi
Map Systems
Bangaluru
Indica Publishers
New Delhi
International Collaborating Organisations
National Collaborating Associations
President, Delhi Library Association,
Department of Library and Information Science,
University of Delhi, Delhi
Director of the Summit
Former Director & Head, Kalanidhi Division,
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
(IGNCA), New Delhi
Organising Secretary
Associate Professor
Department of International Relations
South Asian University, New Delhi
Joint Organising Secretary
University Librarian
University of Delhi System
New Delhi
- Dr.Shantanu Ganguly, Director, Library, Ashoka University, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat Haryana
- Dr Ramesh Gaur, Director & Head, Kalanidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
- Dr. M G Sreekumar, President, MANLIBNET,Director-Libraries at Jio Institute, Navi Mumbai, Maharastra
- Dr.Jagadish Arora, Advisor, National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi
- Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Chief Librarian, India International Centre, New Delhi
- Dr. Pradeepa Wijetunge, President University Librarians’ Association of Sri Lanka Colombo, Sril Lanka
- Dr S P K K A Liyanage President, Sri Lanka Library Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Mr. Sanjib Choudhary,General Secretary, Nepal Library Association, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Dr.Shantanu Ganguly, Director, Library, Ashoka University, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat Haryana
- Dr Ramesh Gaur, Director & Head, Kalanidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi
- Dr. M G Sreekumar, President, MANLIBNET,Director-Libraries at Jio Institute, Navi Mumbai, Maharastra
- Dr.Jagadish Arora, Advisor, National Board of Accreditation, New Delhi
- Dr. Usha Mujoo Munshi, Chief Librarian, India International Centre, New Delhi
- Dr. SS Dhaka, President, ASIALA, Former Director, MEA Library, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India,
- Dr.Sanjeev Kumar, General Secretary, ASIALA University Librarian Dr.B.R. Ambedkar University,Delhi
- Dr.Tariq Ashraf, Treasurer, ASIALA, Former University Librarian Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi
- Dr Nabi Hasan, Librarian, IIT Delhi
- Prof Shailendra Kumar, Chairman, MSD, BIS, India
- Prof.M.P.Singh President, SLA Asian Chapter, Lucknow, UP
- Dr. Akhtar Parvez, General secretary, MANLIBNET,University Librarian, Jamia Hamdard University, Mehrauli, Hamdard, Nagar, New Delhi
- Dr. Ramesh Yernagula, Director (Library & Information), MEA Library, GOI
- Dr. Ajit Kumar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, G-Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
- Dr.M.Madhusudhan, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi
- Dr. Sanjay Kataria, , Professor & Librarian, LRC, Bennett University, Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh
- Dr Vikas Nagrale, Librarian, JMI, Delhi
- Dr.S.L.Kadadevaramath, President, Karnataka State Library Association
- Dr. Prof. B Ramesh President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science, Bangalore
- Dr. M.Krishnappa, President, Karnataka State College Librarians' Association, Bangalore
- Dr Shiva Kannaujia Sukula, Deputy Librarian, JNU, Delhi
- Dr Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, Librarian, St Stephen College, University of Delhi
- Dr Projesh Roy, Joint Director, School of Open Learning, University of Delhi
- Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Librarian, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Dr.Salek Chand, General Secretary LPA New Delhi
- Dr. A.M. Venkatachalam, President, Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), Chennai
- Dr.A.Hariharan , Founder President, Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS), Chennai
- Dr.K.Nityanandam, President, Madras Library Association, Chennai
- Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, Odisha Library Academy (OLA), Bhubaneswar
- Prof.N.Laxman Rao, President, Telangana Library Association, Hyderabad
- Dr. Subhash Chavan, Chairman, Bombay Science Librarians' Association (BOSLA) Mumbai
- Dr. Qumar Abbas, President RTLA, Jaipur
- Dr. Prem Chand, President, Himachal Pradesh Library Association (HPLA), Simla