vikas.kumar[at]drtc[dot]isibang[dot]ac[dot]in
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4686-2151
About Me
Vikas Kumar is currently a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore. He holds an MS degree in Library and Information Science from DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute and a Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. Prior to joining DRTC as JRF, he served as a Library trainee at Vikram Sarabhai Library, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, for nine months and worked as a Librarian at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Hailakandi, Assam for a month.
Teaching Activities
Cataloguing and Metadata, Digital Library, Research Methodology, Foundation of ICT and Library Automation.
My Research Interests
- Content Management System
- Digital Libraries
- Academic Social Networking
- Information Seeking Behaviour
- Information Retrieval
- User and Uses Studies
- Metric Studies
My Publications
Journal Publication
- Tiwari, A., Bardhan, S., & Kumar, V. (2022). A bibliographic study on Artificial Intelligence Research: Global Panorama and Indian Appearance. Library Herald, 60(4), 15–36. https://doi.org/10.5958/0976-2469.2022.00036.7
conference proceeding
- Kumar, V., & Krishnamurthy, M. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Academic Social Networking Platforms in the Digital Era. In B. Ramesh Babu, & P. Rajendran (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th I-LISS International Conference on Exploring Information Services and Library Technologies for the Next Generation - ICEISLT -2024 (Vol. 2, pp. 293-303), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu. https://srmiliss2024.srmist.edu.in/conference/resources/files/Vol2.pdf
- Gopalji, Kumar, V., Madalli, D. P. (2025). Doctoral Theses References as a Lens to Information Needs: A Contextual Study in the Humanities and Social Science at IIT Guwahati. In Maneesh Kumar Bajpai, Sharad Kumar Sonkar & Ashish Kumar Srivastav (Eds.), Studies on Biliometrics, Scientometrics and Webometrics (pp. 181-191). Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh.
Conference Presentation
- Krishnamurhty, M., & Kumar, V. (2023). Research Data Repository in Academic Settings: Issues and Challenges. In International Conference on Open and Fair Data Ecosystem: Principles, Polices and Platforms. Indian Internation Centre, New Delhi.
Professional Memberships
- Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
Extra-Curricular Activities/Interests
Vikas enjoys discussing and contributing to socio-economic developments in India and World. He plays cricket and badminton. He has been involved in many academic and non-academic assignments.
