Jiban K. Pal (b.1972): earned his Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta (India). He has been serving the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Library for more than twenty years. He is impassioned to building the capacities of R&D organizations for digital scholarship and curation (sharing/reuse) of research data with the ultimate goal of elevating how the services to academic researchers are managed and valued. He has been identified as a visiting faculty (Academic Counselor-cum-Evaluator) at the IGNOU Regional Centre, Kolkata. He also acts as a Nodal Officer of the Indian Research Information Network System (an NME-ICT Project of the UGC-INFLIBNET), Govt. of India.
Dr. Pal is a founder member of the Re3data Editorial Board. He also served as honorary Associate Editor of the IASLIC Newsletter. He was committed to the Databib World Repository project of the Purdue and PennState universities (USA) from 2012 to 2015. He has served as a member of the Publications Committee, the Workshop Organizing Committees, and Technical Support teams. He used to perform as a reviewer of some of the leading information science journals, including Scientometrics (Springer). Jiban has been, among others, a recipient of the InfoShare Award of the ASIS&T (USA) for 2015 and he is recognized as a Jury of the International Paper Contest (IPC) of the SIG-III (ASIS&T) for 2022.
His areas of research interest include Digital scholarship, Library consortia, Metadata engineering, Research data management, Scientometrics, and Sociology of science. He is a life member of the ASIS&T (USA), ISSI (Belgium), SIS (New Delhi), IASLIC (Kolkata). For details, visit at: https://www.isical.ac.in/~jiban/
I am pleased to be a member of this esteemed Centre for Learning based on my professional knowledge, experience, and expertise in the field of Library & Information Science.
This academic engagement can be of promise for me in addressing the needs of a brighter community of learners engaged in the pursuit of research and training. Indeed my interest goes through the dynamics of quantitative research in the area of scientometrics employing statistical tools and techniques. However, my areas of interest include digital scholarship, metadata engineering, Open scholarship, and research data management.
Due to my pursued interest and persistent endeavors, I have been recognized as a member of the Re3data Editorial Board (a landmark initiative for open data funded by the German Research Foundation) and also considered an integral part of its Metadata Development Team. Otherwise, involved in teaching, projects, and numerous other professional activities with commitments and deep concern.
Having worked in a scientific and technical capacity, I am impassioned to bridge the gap between research and practice. However, my professional and research experiences in different capacities can make a substantial difference in the quality of teaching and guidance in information science.
I stand committed to rendering my best services through research, teaching, and numerous other activities for the development of this Centre of eminence.