IATLIS Awards

Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) invites nominations from LIS teachers /professionals /researchers for the following awards:



A. Eligibility for IATLIS – Motiwale Best LIS Teacher Award


Executive Council Members of IATLIS are not eligible to be nominated for these awards. The nominee should have at least 10 years of teaching experience at the post-graduate level or 10 years professional experience at a senior level, and should be in service. A person can receive the award only once and one person can nominate only one LIS teacher / professional for each award at a time.


B. Eligibility criteria for IATLIS - Prof. S.P. Narang Research Promotion Award to be given every alternate year to an LIS Researcher

For this year’s award, nominations only of students registered for Ph.D. in a recognized university would be considered. The nominee should not be a full-time employee. Nominations should be sent on a plain paper along with bio-data, progress report of research work, and research papers (published/accepted for publication), if any.


C. Eligibility criteria for IATLIS – Prof. Jagindar Singh Ramdev Lifetime AchievementAward:

A very senior/retired LIS teacher/professional/researcher who has made profound contribution to library education, research, training, literature, and practice.

Claims must be supported with documentary proof. Award can be given to a deserving person even if not applied. Award won't be given if no one is found suitable.


D. IATLIS – Mrs. Ratna Laxman Rao Best Woman LIS Teacher / Professional Award

Executive Council Members of IATLIS are not eligible to be nominated for these awards. The nominee should have at least 10 years of teaching experience at the post-graduate level or 10 years professional experience at a senior level, and should be in service. A person can receive the award only once and one person can nominate only one LIS teacher / professional at a time. Nominations on plain paper should be accompanied by bio-data, list of publications, details of professional activities, and contribution to IATLIS activities.

The nominations will be considered by an Awards Committee constituted by the IATLIS Executive Committee. An award will not be given in case majority of the Committee Members feel that no one has been found suitable for that award.

Self-nominations will not be considered. The nominee should be a member of the IATLIS. Nominations in duplicate with all the supporting documents should reach The General Secretary, IATLIS, C/o Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) . In addition to two copies of nominations in hard copy form, a soft copy of nominations should also be sent to the General Secretary, IATLIS by email at iatlis.patiala@gmail.com. No communication questioning the decision of the Awards Committee / IATLIS Executive Committee will be entertained.