Subir Das

Background

About Subir Das

SUBIR DAS, working at BCKV (Fully state-aided Government Agricultural University) since May 2015. Beyond his official duty as Dy Librarian, in additional responsibilities, he is serving as Nodal officer - UGC Scholarship and interacts with over 100 scholars every month. He is also maintaining the University website and acts as admin for institutional email service to every stakeholder of BCKV. He has also served as a different committee member on the Annual Report, ICAR Nodal Cell, Central Purchase Committee, etc. He obtained degrees like MA, MLIS, M.Phil (LIS) from the University of Calcutta (CU) and ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking from IGNOU, qualified the UGC-NET and West Bengal SET in Library and Information Science. He got the third position in WBSET. He started his career as a 'Contractual Assistant' at ‘City College, Kolkata’, a Century-old premier UG college under the University of Calcutta and later, served as an 'Assistant Librarian' at ‘Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata’ from 2002 to 2003 thereafter, he joined as 'Librarian' in ‘FIEM, Kolkata’, a premier Institute under the state-aided University (WBUT) now MAKAUT from 2003-2010. He joined as a Librarian in ‘Srikrishna College' Bagula (Govt. sponsored) under the University of Kalyani after cracking the exam of ‘West Bengal College Service Commission’ and served the college from 2010-15. He got the first position in WBCSC. He has published more than 30 publications in National and international journals and conference proceedings as of date. He held the position of a convener of the ‘Website Development Committee’ and Administrator of ‘Dhruba-Database Management Software’ in 'Group Future.'Besides the aforementioned, he has developed the content of the website of the West Bengal College Librarians Association (WBCLA) and BCKV. He has also offered his service as an ‘Asst. Editor’ for a Business School Journal ‘Bhavishya Journal of Future Business School’ during the period 2007-2010 and worked as Jt. editor, for a UGC-CARE list-based LIS English quarterly journal entitled "College Libraries " published by an organ of WBCLA. He has completed two sessions as a faculty member for the BLIS course under the convergence scheme of IGNOU in Motijheel College, Kolkata. He has served as Hony. General Secretary of WBCLA till 2015. He is also associated with different LIS professional organizations like BLA, ILA, WBCLA, and IASLIC. He also served as the head examiner of the LIS course in NSOU. Presently he is pursuing his PhD degree in LIS.