{"id":12506,"date":"2025-05-07T06:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinkk.com\/?p=12506"},"modified":"2025-05-07T06:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:33:57","slug":"indias-voice-in-global-librarianship-dr-deepak-shrivastava-joins-ifla-standing-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinkk.com\/?p=12506","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Voice in Global Librarianship: Dr. Deepak Shrivastava Joins IFLA Standing Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kota\u2019s Divisional Librarian Elected to Prestigious IFLA Standing Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kota:  <\/strong>   In a significant recognition of India\u2019s growing presence in global librarianship, Dr. Deepak Kumar Shrivastava, Head &amp; Divisional Librarian at the Government Divisional Public Library, Kota, has been elected as a Standing Committee Member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for the Two Professional Section on \u201cGovernment Libraries\u201d and \u201cLibraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities\u201d for the term 2025\u20132029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IFLA, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is the leading global organization representing the interests of library and information services and their users. 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