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'''K C Panda'''
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'''K
.
C
.
Panda''' (born
11
March 1952)
is
a distinguished
librarian
and
professor
in
India
.
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===Early Days & Employment Career===
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<P align=justify>Dr. K C Panda
(
Dr. Krushna Chandra Panda), was
born
on 11th
March
[[
1952
]] in village Alladigam in Ganjam District (Orissa
)
having the opportunity of being the third son of an ex-army personnel Late Mr. Govinda Chandra Panda, has had
a distinguished
career in [[LIS]]
and
was awarded Utkal University’s Gold Medal for securing first rank
in
[[MLISc]] Examination, [[1984]]. Dr. Panda has had served as Librarian in Pulp and Paper Research Institute (1982-83) and Asst. Librarian in the Berhampur University Central [[Library]] (1986-92) and has been engaged in Post-Graduate teaching since 1992. He is currently working as Professor and Head, and Chairperson,BoS P.G. Dept. of [[Library & Information Science]], Sambalpur University where he is teaching [[Information Technology]], [[Research Methodology]] and Sociology of [[Librarianship]]
.
</p>
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=Overseas Visit & Internship=
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Early life and career
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<P align=justify> Dr.
Panda was
awarded
the
prestigious US Fulbright Fellowship in 1990 and visited USA and Canada
.
During his stay in USA
,
he attended
a
Pre-Academic Orientation Course at Stanford University, California
and
audited three courses on Information Technology at SIS & P
,
State University of New York at Albany
and
also received senior
-
level library internship
in the
several US libraries of repute including
Library
of Congress, New York State Public Library, RPI Library at Troy,
and
SUNY
-
OCLC Regional Center at Albany
.
During his stay at Canada
,
he attended 53rd Annual Conference of ASIS at Toronto.</p>
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Krushna Chandra
Panda was
born on 11 March 1952 in village Alladigam in Ganjam District (Orissa) having
the
opportunity of being the third son of an ex-army personnel Late Mr
.
Govinda Chandra Panda
,
has had
a
distinguished career in [[LIS]]
and
was awarded Utkal University’s Gold Medal for securing first rank in [[MLISc]] Examination
,
[[1984]]. Panda has had served as Librarian in Pulp
and
Paper Research Institute (1982
-
83) and Asst. Librarian
in the
Berhampur University Central [[
Library
]] (1986-92)
and
has been engaged in Post
-
Graduate teaching since 1992
.
He is currently working as Professor and Head
,
and Chairperson,BoS
P.
G. Dept.
of
[[
Library & Information Science
]]
,
Sambalpur University where
he
is teaching [[Information Technology]]
,
[[Research Methodology]]
and
Sociology
of
[[
Librarianship
]]
.
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===Publications===
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<
P
align=justify> Dr
.
Panda is the author of 109research papers in the field
of Library & Information Science
published in different journals of repute including 06 in foreign journals. Besides
, he
has published 20 popular articles and authored 05 books
, and
has reviewed 02 foreign books-one on Canadian Literacy Thesaurus and the other on ILL
of
Alternative Format Materials. The books authored / edited by him include: </p>
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(1)New Dimensions in Information Science & Technology (1993) by Parimal Publications; <br>
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(2) Some Miens of Modern
Librarianship
(1994) by Ajanta Publications; <br>
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(3) IT on the Cross’road: From Ab’caus to Internet (1999) by Y.K. Publisher; <br>
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(4) Information Science and Journalism: A Symbiosis (2004) by Rawat Publications; and<br>
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(5) Status of State Central Libraries in India: An Analytical Study (2003) published by Gyan Publishing House, which brought him recognition
.
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=Research Output=
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==
Overseas visit and internship
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<P align=justify> Dr
.
Panda
,
as
a
successful researcher
,
has already produced 12 (twelve) Ph.Ds under his supervision
and
four more theses have been submitted for adjudication
and
six more scholars are currently pursuing their doctoral research under his guidance. Dr. Panda has attained
the
credit
of
being recognized as a Research Supervisor
of
Utkal University
,
Sambalpur University
,
Berhampur University
, and
Dr
.
H.S. Gour Viswa Vidyalaya
of
Sagar (MP). He has successfully guided 10 M.Phil level and 41 Master Level dissertations in L & IS
.
</p>
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Panda was awarded the prestigious US Fulbright Fellowship in 1990 and visited USA and Canada
.
During his stay in USA
,
he attended
a
Pre-Academic Orientation Course at Stanford University
,
California
and
audited three courses on Information Technology at SIS & P, State University of New York at Albany
and
also received senior-level library internship in
the
several US libraries
of
repute including Library
of
Congress
,
New York State Public Library
,
RPI Library at Troy
, and
SUNY-OCLC Regional Center at Albany
.
During his stay at Canada, he attended 53rd Annual Conference
of
ASIS at Toronto
.
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===
Membership
of
Professional Bodies
===
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==
Publications
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<P align
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justify> Dr
. Panda is an active Member of Several leading Professional Associations, namely, IIPA, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS (Orissa Chapter) and Past Member of ALA, IFLA, and ASIS and was the former Member of State Library Planning Committee, Orissa (1992-94), Executive Council of IASLIC (1994-95) and former Vice-President of ILA (2002-04)
. Dr
. Panda’s biography has been enlisted in 10 leading International Biographical tools. He has delivered a series of lectures on different aspects of modern librarianship on invitation from different universities in India including UGC Visiting Fellow at Vikram University, Ujjain (2002) and joined as Visiting Faculty at
Dr.
H. S. Gour Viswa Vidyalaya, Sagar, under Exchange of Teachers Programmes of UGC (Dec. ‘2006). Besides, he is the former Course Writer and Counsellor of IGNOU, Kurukshetra University and Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur.
</p>
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Panda is the author
of
109 research papers in the field of Library and Information Science published in different journals of repute including 06 in foreign journals. Besides, he has published 20 popular articles and authored 05 books, and has reviewed 02 foreign books-one on Canadian Literacy Thesaurus and the other on ILL of Alternative Format Materials. The books authored/edited by him include:
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==Aid
& Administrative Assignments & Membership of Committee=
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<P align=justify> Prof(Dr.)
Panda has been actively associated with the academic and administrative affairs of different universities in the country. He is the Chairman of Board of Studies in Library and Information Science of Sambalpur University and North Orissa University (2006-07), Asst. Superintendent of P.G. Hostel (1994-98 & 2002-04), Programme Officer, NSS (1997-98), Course Coordinator of PGDJ & MC (1998-99), Associate Vice-President of Horizon (2001-02), Dy Coordinator, UGC-DRS-SAP Program (2005-07), Member, Senate, Sambalpur University (2001-04), Member, Secretary, UGC-AAAC Committee (2006-07), Member, Executive Committee, G.M. (Autonomous) College (2003-04), Member, University Regulation Advisory Committee (2004-06).
</p>
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* ''New Dimensions in Information Science & Technology'' (1993) by Parimal Publications
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==Honours
& Awards=
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* ''Some Miens of Modern Librarianship'' (1994) by Ajanta Publications
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<P align=justify>
He was honoured with several awards and medals such as Utkal University Gold Medal (1983-84), US Fulbright Fellowship (1990-91), ILA Promoter Award (2002), Certificate of Honour by IASLIC (2006) and several others.
</p>
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* ''IT on the Cross’road: From Ab’caus to Internet'' (1999) by Y.K. Publisher
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==Contact
=
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* ''Information Science and Journalism: A Symbiosis'' (2004) by Rawat Publications
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* ''Status of State Central Libraries in India: An Analytical Study'' (2003) published by Gyan Publishing House, which brought him recognition.
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==
Research
==
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Panda, as a successful researcher, has already produced 12 (twelve) Ph
.
Ds under his supervision and four more theses have been submitted for adjudication and six more scholars are currently pursuing their doctoral research under his guidance. He has attained the credit of being recognized as a Research Supervisor of Utkal University, Sambalpur University, Berhampur University, and H.S. Gour Viswa Vidyalaya of Sagar (MP). Panda has successfully guided 10 M.Phil level and 41 Master Level dissertations in L & IS.
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==Memberships ==
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Panda is an active Member of Several leading Professional Associations, namely, IIPA, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS (Orissa Chapter) and Past Member of ALA, IFLA, and ASIS and was the former Member of State Library Planning Committee, Orissa (1992-94), Executive Council of IASLIC (1994-95) and former Vice-President of ILA (2002-04). Panda’s biography has been enlisted in 10 leading International Biographical tools. He has delivered a series of lectures on different aspects of modern librarianship on invitation from different universities in India including UGC Visiting Fellow at Vikram University, Ujjain (2002) and joined as Visiting Faculty at H. S. Gour Viswa Vidyalaya, Sagar, under Exchange of Teachers Programmes of UGC (Dec. ‘2006). Besides, he is the former Course Writer and Counsellor of IGNOU, Kurukshetra University and Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur.
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==Aid
and administrative assignments and committees
==
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Panda has been actively associated with the academic and administrative affairs of different universities in the country. He is the Chairman of Board of Studies in Library and Information Science of Sambalpur University and North Orissa University (2006-07), Asst. Superintendent of P.G. Hostel (1994-98 & 2002-04), Programme Officer, NSS (1997-98), Course Coordinator of PGDJ & MC (1998-99), Associate Vice-President of Horizon (2001-02), Dy Coordinator, UGC-DRS-SAP Program (2005-07), Member, Senate, Sambalpur University (2001-04), Member, Secretary, UGC-AAAC Committee (2006-07), Member, Executive Committee, G.M. (Autonomous) College (2003-04), Member, University Regulation Advisory Committee (2004-06).
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==Honours
and awards
==
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He was honoured with several awards and medals such as Utkal University Gold Medal (1983-84), US Fulbright Fellowship (1990-91), ILA Promoter Award (2002), Certificate of Honour by IASLIC (2006) and several others.
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==Contact
info
==
Professor and Head, PG Department of Library & Information Science, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar-768019, Sambalpur, Orissa, India Email: krushna52@yahoo.co.in
Professor and Head, PG Department of Library & Information Science, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar-768019, Sambalpur, Orissa, India Email: krushna52@yahoo.co.in
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[[Category:Individual librarians]]