Presently lives in Melbourne, Australia as
2008 Endeavour Research Fellow
at
Victoria University.
Bhojaraju Gunjal lives in Bangalore, India and serves as the
Knowledge Management Consultant
at
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS)
- one of the world’s leading information technology companies. He has
more than nine years of professional experience in Knowledge/Content
Management & Library Administration in IT Sector.
Prior to
this, he served as
Knowledge Management-Lead in Cognizant Technology Solutions
(Bangalore).
He was
Lead-Knowledge Management in GCI Solutions (Bangalore). He was
Librarian-Knowledge Management (Technology) in ICICI OneSource
(Bangalore) - one of the largest BPO players in India. Also he was the
Library-cum-Information Officer for IRMRA (Indian Rubber Manufacturers
Research Association) (Thane), - a premier organization in rubber
research in India. He served as Librarian in Fr.Agnel Technical
Education Complex (Polytechnic, Engineering & MBA) (Vashi, Mumbai),
Librarian & Documentation Officer in ICSI-CCRT (Belapur, Navi-Mumbai),
Library-Intern in British Council Library (Mumbai).
He
is pursuing Ph.D in Library & Information Science on the topic
“Knowledge Organisation Systems in Digital Libraries: A Case of ETDs”
from
University of Mysore, Mysore. His academic background is MLIS
(Master of Library & Information Science) from
Karnatak University, Dharwar securing high First Class and Gold
Medal. Recipient of National Merit Scholarship for twice. Completed
PGDLAN (Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking) from
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
Also qualified Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (M-SET) for
lectureship.
He
has
Published & presented technical papers in the field of
Knowledge Management,
Library & Information Science
in
both
national and international conferences/journals and also
attended various professional training programs.
Research:
4
Book: 1 Encyclopedia: 2 National:
8 International:
5 Unpublished Work: 5
Total: 25
(Some
more artifacts are under review)
Life member of library associations like ILA, IASLIC, BOSLA, SIS & ALISP
(Online). Founder of
KM-Forum: an initiative from India – an e-discussion group for
global KM & LIS professionals. Actively participating in KM group
meetings & discussions.
Designed and developed
KM Cyberary: a gateway to Knowledge Resources - for KM, LIS
professionals and all Internet users searching for information in all
subjects.
Area of interests:
Knowledge Management (KM), Digital Libraries (DL),
Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS),
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD),
Content/Information Analysis,
Management & architecture,
Library Administration &
ICT applications, Library Automation and
Networking,
Marketing of Library and Information Services,
Sharepoint Portal 2003, MOSS 2007 (Microsoft),
Documentum
(EMC),
Web Designing.
For more details please refer updated
profile.
