Notification: Open PhD Viva-Voce Examination of Mr. Abhijit Roy

Dear All,

This is to inform you that the open PhD Viva-Voce Examination of Mr. Abhijit Roy (R221901), PhD Scholar of the Department of Library & Information Science, has been scheduled on 6th May 2026 at 11:00 AM in the Smart Classroom of the Department. He is registered for the PhD programme under the supervision of Prof. Akhandanand Shukla. 

The open PhD Viva-Voce will be conducted in hybrid mode (offline/online). All faculty members, research scholars, and students are cordially invited to attend and participate in the examination.

The details of the Viva-Voce examination are as follows:

Title of the Thesis: Assessing the Open Access Friendliness of Indian Agricultural Universities through a Data Carpentry Approach

Date & Time: 06 May 2026, 11:00 AM

Venue: Department of Library & Information Science, CUTN

Mode: Hybrid

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/wcm-xovi-wan

Thank you.

Job Achievement of Ms. Mohini

Dear All, 

We are delighted to inform you that Ms. Mohini, a graduate of the MLIS program (2022-2024 batch) and an alumnus of the Department of Library & Information Science at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, has been appointed as a Trainee-Global Library under the Global Library Training Programme (GLTP) at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, from 6th April 2026 to 31st March 2028. She has previously worked as a Library Professional Trainee at IIT Gandhinagar and as Library Associate under ONOS Project at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The Department extends its heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Mohini on this accomplishment and wishes her continued success in her future endeavors.

Celebration of Holi Festival 2026@DLIS CUTN

Dear All,

This is to inform you that students, research scholars, and teachers of the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu celebrated the "Holi" festival in the Department on 06.03.2026. All the students, scholars and staff members enjoyed the festival with playing of color and the distribution of sweets. A glimpse of the festival is given here:

Thanks to everyone for participating in the function.

ICSSR Research Project Awarded to Dr. S. Ravikumar

Dear All, 

We are delighted to inform you that Dr. S. Ravikumar, Associate Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, has been awarded a research project titled “Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems through Decolonised Digital Archiving: A Community-Based Framework for PVTGs in Tamil Nadu with Special Reference to the Irular Community of Tamil Nadu” by ICSSR, New Delhi, under the scheme “Multi-Disciplinary Studies on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India (2025–26).”

The Department congratulates him on this significant achievement.

Dr. K. G. Sudhier re-elected as Vice-President, IASLIC, Kolkata

Dear All, 

This is to inform you that Dr. K. G. Sudhier, Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur has been re-elected as Vice-President, Indian Association of Special Libraries & Information Centres (IASLIC), Kolkata. 

Department congrats to him on his new responsibility.