Wednesday, March 27, 2019

International Workshop @ AISSMS COE

Think global, act local - International trends in open science and repositories" 4 march 2019
PUNE, INDIA 

International Workshop on Think global, act local - International trends in open science and repositories” was organized by Central Library of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s College of Engineering Pune, on 4 March 2019  in association withCOAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories Prof Kazutsuna Yamaji Professor, Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division, Japan was the Chief Guest for this International Workshop. Prof Miho Funamori Professor, Information and Society Research Division Associate, Japan, Dr Hideaki Takeda Professor, Principles of Informatics Research Division National Institute of Informatics, Japan Dr Sunita Barve (Senior Technical Officer, NCL, Pune) was  resource persons for this workshop. Key note address given by Kazutsuna Yamaji he mentioned need of open access repositories for Indian Academic Environment. He spoke about current trends in open science and role of repositories.  Prof Miho and Dr Hideki focused on Case studies of Japan with activities to link centre in Japan. and Dr Sunita Barve gave information about current trends in India. Group discussion sessions was held on open access related topics. Dr D S Bormane ( Principal AISSMS COE) was convener of this workshop. Vrushali Dandawate ( Librarian AISSMS COE)  worked as organizing secretary . This event happen under guidance of Shri Maloji Raje Chhatrapati ( Hon. Secretary AISSMS ) Shri S P Shinde ( Hon Joint Secretary AISSMS ) Total 70 Librarians from all over Maharashtra attended this workshop.








UNESCO/ Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme - "Engineering"

Deadline for submission of applications should be on or before 30 April 2019 at the latest with advance copy by email. 

With a view to promoting human resource capacities in the developing countries and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and the people of Poland, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering Education at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow have placed at the disposal of certain Member States (see Annex I) twenty (20) fellowships of six (6) months duration each, in Poland, starting on 1 October 2019. The beneficiaries of these fellowships will be given the opportunity to undertake an individual research programme in the field of Science, Technology and Engineering. For more information please visit