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A.M.U. Professor Elected unopposed as President of Indian Library Association
A.M.U. Professor Elected unopposed as President of Indian Library Association
Prof Shabahat Husain , chairperson, Deptt of Library and Information Sc , Ex University Librarian , and Ex Dean, Faculty of Social Science, A.M.U. ,has been elected unopposed as the President of Indian Library Association (ILA), which is a national body to take care of the interests of the Libraries and Librarians in India. The ILA constituted way back in 1933, not only helps the central and state governments in taking policy decisions regarding the service conditions and pay scales of Librarians in the country, but is also entrusted for accreditation of institutions imparting library and information science education and training as well as promotion and formulation of standards, norms, guidelines, etc. for management of Library and Information Systems and Services. It also represents India at International Library Forums.
The association with its head office in Delhi has more than 7000 membership. It consists of a President, General Secretary and six Vice Presidents each from South, Central, West, North, East and Union territories zone, in addition to 20 members constituting the Executive Council. The term of the office Bearers of ILA is for three years.
Prof Shabahat Husain is the first library professional from Aligarh Muslim University so far to have been elected as the President of Indian Library Association.
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Permalink Reply by DAYAL SINGH BHATI on
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dear sir
a lot of congrats for this post
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Permalink Reply by Dr. N K Pachauri on
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Congratulation Prof. Shabahat Husain sir, I hope he will do all efforts for the professional development............
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Permalink Reply by SHADAB AHMAD KHAN on
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Congratulation Sir.............
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Permalink Reply by Chothmal Verma on
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Dear Sir,
You are lot of thanks elect for this post.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Ramkesh Chauhan on
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Very Very Congratulation sir.
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Permalink Reply by Rajeev Mishra on
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Many Many Congratulations
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Permalink Reply by Punit on
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Congratulations to Prof. Husain, The eminent teacher of LIS, expert in library classification and many more.
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Permalink Reply by Awadhesh Kumar Patel on
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Congratulations sir
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Congratulations sir
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Jitendra Kumar Dubey on
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Good news for library professionals, Congratulation Sir
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