Dr. H.K. Kaul – A Brief Biographical Sketch
Dr. H.K. Kaul, Library and Information specialist, author, poet, bibliographer and institution builder displays in his personality the wisdom of a knowledge expert, 43 years experience as a Library specialist, the creativity of a poet and the man with a vision who established two institutions, the DELNET – Developing Library Network in 1988 and the Poetry Society (India) in 1984.
He has been the Chairman of several committees of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Culture and DRDO. He is theMember, National Mission on Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2012. and Chairman of its Working Group on National Virtual Library, Modernisation and Networking of Libraries, 2012. He has been member of the Working Group on Libraries of the National Knowledge Commission, Indian National Commission for Unesco, and the member of major national committees such as High Powered Committee on the Government of India Libraries,. Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Advisory Board, National Library, Calcutta, Board of Management, National Library, Calcutta; Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Calcutta; Delhi Library Board; Committee to Review the Functioning of the Asiatic Society set up by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India; National Selection Committee, Fulbright Professional Fellowships in Information Science and Technology; Scientific Advisory Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India; Working Group on Libraries and Informatics, and Convenor, Sub-Group on Modernisation, Manpower Development, Informatics and Finance, Ninth Five Year Plan, 1997-2002. Planning Commission, Government of India, among many other important assignments.
Dr. Kaul is the Founder Director of DELNET, Founder Secretary-General of the Poetry Society (India) and worked as Chief Librarian of India International Centre, New Delhi. He served the Centre for 40 years. He is internationally known as an expert in Library Networking. DELNET of which he is the Founding Director has become the major Library Network in South Asia. It networks more than 2,100 libraries; gives access to 103 lakh records of books, articles, journals, etc.; offers library management software at subsidized rates and inter-library loan services at national and international levels to scholars living in any part of the world. He has developed it as the first major self-supporting library network in Asia. The establishment of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN) by Dr. Kaul in 1988 has become an institution in itself. Thousands of Library and Information Science experts have benefited from these national conventions.
Dr. Kaul’s first book came out in 1972 and since then he has authored and edited 55 books, besides research papers and over 100 articles, in the fields of library networking, bibliographical studies, history, poetry and publishing,. He examined in the 1970’s thousand’s of rare books on India and produced Traveler’s India and Historic Delhi, both published by Oxford University Press. His books on Library Science and networking include Library Networks: An Indian Experience; Library Resource sharing and Networks; Library and Information Networking (12 vols.) and National Library Services.
Curriculum Vitae
I / Name / H K Kaul (Hari Krishen Kaul)II / Office / Founding Director, DELNET - Developing Library Network, (Since 1992), JNU Campus, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070
Phone : Off. 26741111; Mob. 9891016667
E-mail:
Founding Secretary-General, The Poetry
Society (India), L-67A, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110017
Residence / L-67A, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110017
Phone: 26681350
III / Date of Birth / 21st December , 1941
IV / Place of Birth / Srinagar, Kashmir, India
V / Marital Status / Married, having one daughter
VI / Citizenship / Indian
VII / Education / M. Lib Sc. (BombayUniversity)
[First Div., First Rank]
Ph.D. (University of Pune)
VIII / Awards / 1. Professor D. N. Marshall Felicitation Prize, University of Bombay, 1992.
2. International Visitor Fellowships, U. S. Information Agency, 1985, 1994, 1996 for visiting libraries in the United States.
3.. Senior Fellowship of the Department of Culture, Government of India, 1997-1999.
4. Best Librarian Award, DBPA, 1999, and
5. Punjab Librarian Award, SATKAL, PunjabUniversity Library, December 11, 2000
6. Awarded the best promoter of Indo-Romanian relations in the field of ‘Culture’ by the Embassy of Romania in India, 2008.
7. Special Recognition Award given by American Library Association/ACRL/AAMES, 2011 at ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.
8. Punjab Library Association. PLA-Prof. M. P. Satija Award for Professional Excellence 2010.
9. Holy Maa Maya Lifetime Achievement
Award by Indore Division Library Association
and Government Ahilya Central Library,
Indore.
IX / Languages Known / Mother tongue-Kashmiri. Others-English, Hindi and Urdu
XMember Management Boards / Advisory / Review Committees
a.National Commissions/ Missions
- Member, National Mission on Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Government
of India, 2012. and Chairman, Working Group on National Virtual Library, Modernisation and Networking of Libraries, 2012.
2. Member, Working Group on Libraries, National Knowledge Commission,
Government of India. 2006.
3.Member, Indian National Commission for Unesco, 1999-2002.
4.Member, Working Group on Libraries and Informatics, and Convenor, Sub-Group on Modernisation, Manpower Development, Informatics and Finance, Ninth Five Year Plan, 1997-2002. Planning Commission, Government of India.
b.International Advisory Board
1.Member, International Advisory Board for Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Cengage Learning, USA. November 2, 2011
c.National Institutions / National Projects/Committees
1.Member, e-Learning Sub-Group, Working Group on Information Technology, Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017), Ministry of Communications and IT, Department of Information Technology, July 2011.
2.Life Member, Indira Gandhi International Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.
3.Member, General Council, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim.
4Chairman, Core Committee to Facilitate the Implementation of the Cataloguing in Publication Project (CIPP), Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, (Ministry of Culture), Kolkata, August 2010 --.
5.Chairman, PRSG for “Development of Web Portal and Digitisation of Manuscripts, Journals, Books and Documents Pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi” by CDAC-Noida.”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Government of India. Being implemented at Gujrat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad.
6. Chairman, PRSG for “DigitalLibraryMegaCenter: Content Creation in Tibetan, Sanskrit and English”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Government of India.[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad]
7Member, Advisory Board, National Library, Calcutta,
8Member, Rampur Raza Library Board, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
9.Member, Expert Committee on Automation of University Libraries. University Grants Commission, New Delhi. August 2011.
10.Member, National Level Advisory Panel on Public Library Skill Development Programme (SDP), Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation. August 2011.
11Chairman, Core Committee to Facilitate the Implementation of the Cataloguing in Publication Project (CIPP), Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, (Ministry of Culture), Kolkata, August 2010 --.
12.Chairman, Committee on Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) Project, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi .
13.Chairman, PRSG for “Setting up Repository of Digitised Data under the Digital Library Initiative…being implemented by ERNET, India.Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Government of India. August 2009.
14.Chairman, PRSG for “Development of Web Portal and Digitisation of Manuscripts, Journals, Books and Documents Pertaining to Mahatma Gandhi” by CDAC-Noida.”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Government of India. From July 2009
15. Chairman, PRSG for “DigitalLibraryMegaCenter: Content Creation in Tibetan, Sanskrit and English”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Government of India. From July 2009
16Member, Advisory Board, National Library, Calcutta, 1998-2000, 2009-
17.Member, Board of Management, National Library, Calcutta, 2002-09.
18.Member, Panel of Experts, 2007-2009, Library and Information Science, NISCAIR, National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, CSIR, New Del;hi
19Member, Rampur Raza Library Board, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
from July 2007.
20.Chairman, PRSG for Digital Library Project – “Development of National
Data Bank on Indian Art and Culture”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India. From August 2007.
21.Member, High-level Committee for the Modernization of Libraries.
Ministry of Culture, Government of India. April 2007 –
22Member, Advisory Committee on ‘E-Granthalaya’, National Informatics
Centre, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, New Delhi. 2007--
23Member, Working Group on Digital Libraries, Department of Information
Technology, Government of India. March 2007 –2009.
24.Member, Advisory Council for Computer, Library and Information System, Dr. D. Swaminathan Research Foundation; Mahatma Gandhi National Institute of Research and Social Action and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Hyderabad, 2007-.
25Member, Information Sub-Group, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, 2006.
26Member, Review Committee, Bhasha Bhavan Project, National Library.
Set up by Department of Culture, Government of India. 2002.
27Member, Committee to Review the Functioning of the Asiatic Society: Set up by Hon’ble Minister of Tourism and Culture, Government of India. 2002.
28Member, Education Libraries’ Coordination Committee, Ministry of
Human Resource Development, Government of India, 2000-2002.
29.Member, Working Group on Archives and Libraries on Xth Five Year Plan, Department of Culture, Government of India., 2002.
30.Member, Advisory Panel, National Biography Series, National Book
Trust, 2002.
31Member, UGC Committee for “Education in India”. May 2001.
32Member, Education Libraries Coordination Committee, Department of
Education, Government of India, 2000
33. Member, Task Force on Modernisation of Educational Library System,
Department of Education, Government of India, 2000
34Member, Governing Council, INFLIBNET, 2000-2003
35Member, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Calcutta , 1996-
2000, 2003-2006.
36Member, Delhi Library Board, 1996-2003; 2006-
37. Member, Committee to Study the Modalities and Logistics for Developing a Library Movement, Department of Education, Government of India, 1999
38. Member, National Selection Committee, Fulbright Professional
Fellowships in Information Science and Technology, United States Educational Foundation in India.1999-2002.
39. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Government of India, 1996-
40. Member, Review Committee, National Social Science Documentation
Centre, ICSSR, New Delhi, 1996.
41 Member, INFLIBNET Review Committee, University Grants
Commission, 1995.
42One-man Review Committee, Sahitya Akademi Library, New Delhi, 1995.
c.Ph.D. Examiner /Academic Councils
1.External Examiner for Ph.D. for some South Asian universities including the University of Pune, 2007-
2. Member, First Academic Council, Maulana Azad National Urdu
University, Hyderabad, 2001-04.
3.Member, Board of Studies of the Department of Library and Information Science, CentralUniversity of Himachal Pradesh, Dharmshala.
XI Visits Abroad
Visited the following countries in connection with professional meetings:
Bhutan2009, 2010
Canada:1994
France:1979, 1996, 1998, 2001
Hong Kong1982
Japan1982, 1997
Pakistan1999
Russia1996
Spain1990
Sri Lanka1999
Sweden2010
Thailand1982, 1999
U.K.1979, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006
USA1985, 1994,1996, 2001, 2009
XIIMembership of Professional Bodies
1.Life Member, Indira Gandhi International Centre for the Arts, New Delhi,
2011-
2. Life Member, Indian Library Association, New Delhi
3. Life Member, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Kolkata
- Founding Member, The Poetry Society, India, New Delhi, 1984-
5. Founding Member, DELNET, Developing Library Network, New Delhi, 1992-
XIII / Editorial Training and Experience1 / Training : Attended the training course for editors of periodicals organised by the Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo from September 28 to October 27, 1982
2 / 1 Experience : Editor, Indian Author, A quarterly journal of Authors Guild of India, from vol. 5 No. 3, July-Sept. 1980 to vol. 10, no.3, July-Sept. 1985
2. Member, Editorial Board, India International Centre Quarterly from 1979; Journalofthe Poetry Society (India) from 1990; and Annals of Library ScienceandDocumentation from 1995.
3. Editor, Journal of the Poetry society (India) since 2006.
4. Member Editorial Board, SALIS Journal of Library and
Information Science. 2007-
5. Member, Editorial Board, DESIDOC Bulletin , 2007-.
XIVPublications
A: Books Authored / Edited by H. K. Kaul
i. Library Networking
1. Kaul, H. K. Empowering Libraries: Strategies for the Future. New Delhi:DELNET,2017.xviii,345p.
2.Kaul, H. K., Saikia, Mukesh and Kaul, Sangeeta. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2016. Papers of the 19th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2016) held at Tezpur University, Tezpur from October 26-28, 2016. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2016. xxiv,340p.
3.Kaul, H. K., Gaddagimath, R. B. and Kaul, Sangeeta. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2015. Papers of the 18th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2015) held at Gulbarga University, Gulbarga from November 24-26, 2015. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2015. xxvii,374p.
4.Kaul, H. K., Naik, Anurupa and Kaul, Sangeeta. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2014. Papers of the 17th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2013) held at Pondicherry from December 9-11, 2014. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2014. 404 p.
5.Kaul, H. K., Singh, Deep and Kaul, Sangeeta., eds. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2013: Papers of the 16th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2013) held at Hotel Clarks Amber, Jaipur from December 10-12, 2013. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2014. xxiv, 451p.
6.Kaul, H. K. and Trivedi,Mayank, eds. Papers of the 15th National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2012) held at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara from November 20-22, 2012. New Delhi : DELNET,2012. xxiv, 352p.
7. Kaul, H. K. and Nandi, Subodh Gopal. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2011. Papers of the Fourteenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2011) held at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, November 15-17, 2011. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2011. xxiv, 415p.
8Kaul, H. K. National Library and Archives of Bhutan: Modernisation and Networking of Libraries. Final Report. Delhi:: DELNET, 2010. 65p.
9Kaul, H. K. Chairman. Report of the Committee for Implementation of Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP). New Delhi: Ministry of Culture, Government of India, April 2010.
10. Kaul, H. K. and Bhat, M. Ishwara. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2010. Papers of the Thirteenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2010) held at BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa, June 15-18, 2010. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2010.. xxvii, 387p.
11. Kaul, H. K. and Anand, V. K.. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2009. Papers of the Twelfth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2009) held at PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2009. xxvii,420p.
12.Kaul, H. K. and Dominic, J. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2008. Papers of the Eleventh National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2008) held at KarunyaUniversity, Coimbatore. New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2008.xxviii,443p.
13Kaul, H K and Kaul, Saangeeta. Knowledge Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2007: Papers of the Tenth National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2007 held at the India International Centre, New Delhi from November 20-23, 2007. New Delhi: Delnet – Developing Library Network, 2007. xxxviii,648p.
14.Kaul, H. K. and Malhan, ed. Knowledge, Library and Information Networking
: NACLIN 2006: Proceedings of the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2006 held at University of Jammu, Jammu, September 27-30,2006 New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2007. .xxxii,537p.
15.Kaul, H. K. and Sen, Gayathri, ed. Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2005: Proceedings of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2005) held at PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, August 23-25,2005. New Delhi: DELNET - Developing Library Network, 2006. xxxi,467p.
16.Kaul, H. K. and Patil, S. K., ed. Library and information networking : Papers of the National Convention on Library and Information Network (NACLIN 2004) held at the University of Pune, Pune, November 23-26, 2004. New Delhi::DELNET – Developing Library Network, 2005. xvii, 366p.
17Kaul, H. K., ed. National Library Services - ICONLIS 2004: Proceedings of the International Conference on National Library Services (ICONLIS 2004), March 15-16,2004, organised by the National Library, Department of Culture, Government of India. Kolkata: The National Library, 2004. xxxii, 578p.
18H. K. and Das, B. B. ed. Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 2003: Papers of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking (NACLIN 2003) held at JadavpurUniversity,Kolkata, October 14-17, 2003. New Delhi: DELNET, 2004. xxxii, pp 568.
19Kaul, H. K. and Baby, M. D., ed. Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2002 : Papers of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking NACLIN 2002 held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, October 21-24, 2002. New Delhi: DELNET, 2003. pp. 471.
20.Kaul, H. K., ed.. National Round Table on the Modernisation and Networking of Libraries in India, January 5,2002. New Delhi: DELNET, 2002. pp.254.
21Kaul, H. K. and Rama Reddy, E. ed. Library and Information Networking : Papers of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking : NACLIN 2001 held at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, November 6-9, 2001. New Delhi: DELNET, 2002. pp. 492.
22.Kaul, H. K. and Harish Chandra, ed. Library and Information Networking:NACLIN 2000. Papers of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking ( NACLIN 2000) held at IIT Madras, Chennai, December 22-25, 2000. . New Delhi: DELNET – Developing Library Networking , 2001 (xxiv), 378p.
23Kaul, H. K., ed. Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 99. New Delhi:
DELNET, 2000. 340p.
24Kaul, H. K. and Kaul, Sangeeta, ed..E-mail Directory of Institutions in
India. New Delhi: Virgo, 2000. (Co-editor)
25 Kaul, H. K. Library Resource Sharing and Networks. New Delhi: Virgo, 1999. 336p.
26. Kaul, H K., ed. Library and Information Networking: NACLIN 98. New Delhi: Delnet, 1999.387p.
27. Kaul, H. K. Library Networks: An Indian Experience. New Delhi, Virgo, 1992.
256p.
ii.Bibliographical Works
28Kaul, H. K., ed. Early Writings on India: A Union Catalogue of Books on India in English Language published before 1900 and available in Delhi Libraries. New Delhi: Arnold Heinemann, 1975. 324p.
29Kaul, H. K., ed. A Descriptive Catalogue of Urdu Manuscripts available in Delhi
Libraries. Urdu Edition. New Delhi: Anjuman-Taraqui-Urdu, 1975. 223p.
30Kaul, H. K., ed. Travels in South Asia: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography. New Delhi: Arnold Heinemann, 1975. 324p.
31Kaul, H. K., ed .Urdu Manuscripts: A Union Catalogue of Urdu Manuscripts available in Delhi Libraries. New Delhi: Heritage, 1977. 229p.
32Kaul, H. K., and Wajid, J. A. ed. Periodicals in Humanities : A Union Catalogue of Periodicals in Humanities and Newspapers in Delhi Libraries.New Delhi : Arnold Heinemann,1973.155p.
33Kaul, H. K., ed. Sri Aurobindo: A Descriptive Bibliography. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1972. Xxvii, 222p
iii.Historic / Travel Literature
34Kaul, H. K. ed. Travellers’ India: An Anthology. New Delhi: OxfordUniversity
Press, 1979.lvii, 535p. (paper back ed. 1997; lxi, 536p.)