M Koteswara RaoDr. M. Koteswara Rao joined the University of Hyderabad in April 2006 as University Librarian, Indira Gandhi Memorial Library. Prior to this, Dr. Koteswara Rao worked as Deputy Librarian at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai from May 1991to April 2006. Prior to this he worked at the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, Bangalore from 1980 to 1991. He holds a Masters degree in Zoology and a Bachelors Degree in Library Science from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He is a recipient of the Associateship in Documentation and Information Science from the DRTC, ISI, Bangalore, and later a Ph.D. from the University of Madras, Chennai. He has more than 18 journal articles/papers published in various journals and conference proceedings. He had participated in various National and International seminars and workshops and organized several training programmes to library staff. He visited Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and China. He is a member of professional associations like - ILA, IASLIC, MALA, KALA & ALSD. Read More Read Less