Professor Emeritus, HOI, DLIS, 45 + years of Library and Information Science professional & Teaching  experience. Former Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Librarian & IIT Goa also Professor & HOD, DLIS & University Librarian, Shivaji Vidyapeeth he is the recognised research guide in many universities and Guided  10+ PhD Scholars 15+ M.Phil Scholars and more that 200 MLISc Students. Ex Governor of Maharashtra nominee, Senate, Pune University. 

Library Building Planning, Library Resource Sharing, Types of libraries and e-Resources, Information Literacy, Financial Management of libraries, Library User Behaviour, Website Design for Knowledge Resource Centre, ICT Applications in Libraries, Embedded Librarianship, Libraries Archives & Museums (LAM), Curriculum development in LIS education, LIS Standards