Author: Raman Nair, R
Alternate names: R. Raman Nair
Born: 18.04.1955
Bio: Dr. R. Raman Nair has his education at University of Kerala and Banaras Hindu  University. He has associated with major digitization projects like Web Archives of Kerala Legislative Assembly Proceedings, and Mahatma Gandhi University Open Access PhD Theses Digital Library. Is a member of the National Committee on Submission and Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Universities in India. Has served as University Librarian of Kerala Agricultural University.  Has envisioned and initiated the establishment of Centre for Advanced Research in Library and Information Science at Mahatma Gandhi University. Organized many national and international training programmes on ICT under Ministries of Science and Technology, Agriculture and other agencies of Government of India, got the S M Ganguly National Award in 1998 and has numerous published books on Information Science and related subjects. Is presently Honorary Director of Centre for Informatics Research and Development, India. Areas of Specialization: Open Access, Digital Archiving, agricultural information systems, heritage conservation.