Admissions 2024 Integrated Programmes

Department of Commerce

Akarsh R

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : UGC-NET

Email-ID : akarsh@rajagiri.edu

Master of Library and Information Science and Bachelor of Library and Information Science from St. Berchmans College, Changanassery.

  • UGC-NET
  • M.Lib.I.Sc. St. Berchmans College, Changanassery
  • B.Lib.I.Sc. St. Berchmans College, Changanassery
  • B.Sc. Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum
  • Diploma in Library Automation
  • Faculty, Department of Library and Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery from 26th June 2023 to till date.
  • Internship Trainee at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore from 29th September 2022 to 15th October 2022.
  • ICT Applications in Library
  • Library Management
  • Resource Person- Capacity Building Programme on ‘Reference Management and Plagiarism Checking Softwares’ organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences on 29th June 2024.
  • Coordinator – Capacity Building Programme offered by the Department of Library and Information Science of RCSS

Conference Proceedings

  • Akarsh, R. (2024). Use of E-Journals Among the Research Scholars of Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) Trivandrum. Proceedings of 8th I-LISS International Conference on Exploring Information Services and Library Technologies, 2, 1211-1217. (ISBN: 978-93-84136-01-7).
  • Presented a paper entitled ‘Use of E-Journals Among the Research Scholars of Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) Trivandrum at the 8h I-LISS International Conference on Exploring Information Services and Library Technologies for the Next Generation" (ICEISLT-2024) organized by the University Central Library, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai on 19-20 July 2024.
  • Organising Committee member of International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to SDGs and International Partners’ Meet 2024 organized by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous) and Rajagiri Business School, Kochi from 10 to 13 January 2024.
  • One Day National Webinar on ‘Effective Research Visualization Using Canva’ (Online) organized by Bharat Digital Academy, Aligarh, a unit of Bharat Learning Solutions (P) Ltd on July 19, 2024.
  • One Day National Workshop on ‘Exploring AI Tools for Research’ organized by the Department of Library & Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences  on 7th September, 2024
  • “Discover Emerald Journals for your academic excellence & research” organised by Rajagiri Business School, Kakkanad on 21st August 2023.
  • Workshop on “Significance of Role of Indexing and Citation Database in Scholarly Publications World” on August 10, 2023 organised by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous) with Clarivate.
  • National Webinar on “Academic Writing Skills and Publishing” organised by Balani Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Noida in collaboration with St. Joseph Vaz College, Cortalim, Goa held on July 25th, 2023.
  • National Workshop on “Planning and Designing Academic Library Learning Space: Expert Perspectives of Librarians” held on 18 January 2023 at Central Library, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Tiruvalla.
  • State Level Workshop on KOHA: ILMS conducted by St. Aloysius College, Edathua, Alappuzha on 23 & 24 May 2022.
  • Participated in the four days Online Training Programme on Omeka Software(11,12,13 & 27 February 2022) organized by Kerala Library Association-Kottayam Region.
  • Completed IP Awareness Training program under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission on February 23, 2023 organized by Intellectual Property Office, India.
  • Participated in the Webinar on Research Writing: Style Manuals APA and MLA organized by St. Berchmans College, Changanassery on 21 January 2022.
  • Department - IQAC Coordinator
  • Department - Admission Coordinator