Dr. Ramaiah is presently working as Dean, School of Media and Communication, Director i/c, Directorate of Distance Education, Librarian i/c of Ananda Ranga Pillai Library of Pondicherry University, and Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science. All over, he has got 36 years experience including 10 year abroad. Ramaiah worked as faculty with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from 1999-2005.
Background
Ramaiah's formal education includes masters degrees in Chemistry and Library and Information Science. He is a Fellow of the Society of Information Science, and member of 19 international and national professional societies. He has been to over 15 countries and published about 145 papers and five books.
Education
1976 - 79 BSc in Chemistry, Silver Jubilee College, Kurnool, AP., Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
1980 - 82 MSc in Chemistry with specialisation in Organic Chemistry, Meerut University, Meerut, UP.
1982 - 83 BLISc in Information Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi.
1982 - 83 Diploma in Hindi, University of Delhi, Delhi.
1983 - 84 MLISc specialisation in Computer Applications in Libraries, University of Delhi, Delhi.
1989 - 93 PhD in Hypertext/Multimedia, Loughborough University of Technology (LUT), Loughborough, ENGLAND