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I'm Dr. Harish Chandra, the Librarian of Central Library, IIT Madras India, warmly welcome you for browsing my personal website. Let me say few words about my work experience as well as institution, prior to IIT Madras, I have also worked at IIT Delhi, Geological Survey of India (Western Region) Jaipur, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. Currently, I am responsible for overall administration, management, personnel matters, general leadership, planning, budgeting, technical services and development of network based library and information resources & services of ISO 9001:2000 certified major research library of India. It has a total stock of over 4 Lakhs vols. which is ever increasing. The Central Library caters to the needs of over 4000 faculty, students, staff, corporate, industries and alumni members. The entire activities of the Central Library are managed with the support of 70 staff, Rs.5 Crore annual budget, specialized collections, facilities, value added services, latest technologies including RFID, Wireless Networking, Smart cards, Media Resource Center, Auto check in / check out systems, digital knowledge center electronic book drop, auto self check arrangement, contactless smard card enabled access control, Z39,50 enabled Web OPAC. Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management Vol.I No.II December 2007 has published my biographical sketch