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Jio Institute Digital Library is a collaborated effort resulted to fruition with the vibrant team on board.

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Advisors

Dr. Michael Keller

Vice Provost and Ida M. Green University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University, USA

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Tom Cramer

Associate University Librarian, Director of Digital Library Systems and Services & Chief Technology Strategist, Stanford Libraries, USA

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Dr. Michael Keller

Vice Provost and Ida M. Green University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University, USA

Dr. Keller has been a Vice Provost and University Librarian at Stanford University since 1994. From 2018 to 2020, Michael Keller was Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning at the University. He was the publisher of Stanford University Press from 2001 to 2021, as well as the founder of HighWire Press and its ceo from 1995 to 2014.

As a university librarian for the past 25+ years, Dr. Keller has been a national and international leader in transitioning university libraries to digital formats and an advocate for the digital sharing of information resources around the world. Dr. Keller designated the 2015 recipient of the Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Stanford University. He is an elected fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Currently, he is the Chairman of International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Consortium and Board of Directors, Council on Library and Information Resources, USA. He has been awarded honorary fellow for Life, Harris Manchester College at Oxford University.

Tom Cramer

Associate University Librarian, Director of Digital Library Systems and Services & Chief Technology Strategist, Stanford Libraries, USA

Tom Cramer is Stanford’s Associate University Librarian, Director of Digital Library Systems & Services, and Chief Technology Strategist. He is the architect and originator of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and a leading figure in the development, deployment, and use of numerous digital library applications, including a suite of Blacklight services, all of which are open source.

Cramer oversees the development and implementation of Stanford’s digital library services for digitization, discovery, delivery, preservation, and management of digital resources that support teaching, learning, and research.

Cramer is also responsible for directing the Stanford Digital Repository, the development of SearchWorks, and the Libraries' technical approach to its linked data infrastructure.

Team Members

Anupama Saini

Head - Library

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Pramod Jain

Chartered Accountant and Senior Leader, Reliance Industries Limited & Core Member and Head of Finance and HR functions, Jio Institute

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Krishnamoorti Chavan

Assistant Librarian for general admin, user services and training, Jio Institute

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Jhan P

Library Assistant, Jio Institute

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Nancy Singh

Library Assistant, Jio Institute

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Anupama Saini

Head - Library

Anupama Saini is the Head - Library at Jio Institute, where she provides strategic leadership in building a future-ready knowledge ecosystem that advances learning, teaching, research, and innovation. She is leading the transformation of the library into a strategic knowledge partner by integrating world-class physical and digital resources, AI-enabled services, emerging technologies, research support, information literacy, and learner-centred experiences.

With 11+ years of experience across academic, legal, corporate, and cultural institutions, Anupama has led library transformation, digital innovation, institutional partnerships, and user engagement. Before joining Jio Institute, she established the library at the University of Southampton Delhi campus, implementing a digital-first model aligned with the University's global academic framework. She previously headed the British Council Delhi Library and Cultural Centre, expanding learning programmes, strategic partnerships, and community engagement. Earlier in her career, she worked at the High Court of Delhi and EY, gaining experience in legal information services, auditing, and professional services.

A Gold Medalist in Library and Information Science, Anupama was awarded the UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) through the National Eligibility Test (NET). She holds the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) (SCQF Level 6) from the Association for Project Management, UK, the Aha! Product Management Certification, and a Certificate Course in Art Appreciation from the National Museum Institute, New Delhi.

Anupama has authored peer-reviewed research on libraries, and her work has also been featured by Times Higher Education and the London School of Economics Impact Blog. Her professional and research interests include knowledge strategy, artificial intelligence in higher education and libraries, digital product management, digital scholarship, research support, information literacy, sustainability, and the evolving role of libraries as strategic partners in teaching, learning, and research.

Pramod Jain

Chartered Accountant and Senior Leader, Reliance Industries Limited & Core Member and Head of Finance and HR functions, Jio Institute

Pramod Jain is a part of the leadership, providing strategic direction and overseeing financial activities at the Library.

He is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years of varied experience. He started his career as a banker and later joined Reliance in 2001. He was involved in raising loans from international markets for some of Reliance’s mega projects. He was also involved in some of the strategic investments of Reliance Group in USA.

His passion for societal good took him to not-for-profit activities and he got involved in some of Reliance Foundation strategic initiatives.

He started working on Jio Institute since the planning stage. He is a core member of Jio Institute start up team and handles Finance and HR functions.

Krishnamoorti Chavan

Assistant Librarian for general admin, user services and training, Jio Institute

Krishnamoorti Chavan drives the Library administration along with training and user services. He also assists in building collections and technical processes for the Library.

Chavan has contributed to organizing an international conference and Information resource access and user services. At Azim Premji University in Bangalore, he has worked to set up a library for an undergraduate campus. Later contributed his time to manage the Institutional repository and School book archival project.

He has worked in IIT Gandhinagar Gujarat as Library Professional Trainee and Azim Premji University in Bangalore as an Assistant Librarian. Currently, he is working as the Assistant Librarian at Jio Institute Digital Library.

He has obtained a Master Degree in Library and Information Science in 2016 from Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He has five years of experience in managing libraries in private and centrally-funded research institutes. His areas of interests are collection building, managing institutional repository, collection development, DSpace, Eprint, Library orientation, and library services.

Jhan P

Library Assistant, Jio Institute

He is a library and information science professional with two years of experience in the field. He holds a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Pondicherry University, an M.Phil in International Relations and Politics from Mahatma Gandhi University, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Calicut, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Calicut. Prior to his current role, Jhan worked as a Library Associate at Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, where he orchestrated the end-to-end operations of the ISBN Project, and played a pivotal role in the launch of the new ISBN portal in July 2023. His work also included ensuring the accuracy of the ISBN system, conducting patent searches for India Rankings (NIRF and ARIIA), and managing thesis submissions within Shodhganga (Repository of Indian Theses). Additionally, Jhan has created numerous user manuals for UGC projects at INFLIBNET Centre.

His areas of interest include Metadata Management, Digital Resource Curation, and enhancing information resource access and user services.

Nancy Singh

Library Assistant, Jio Institute

Nancy assists in user services, reference services, newsletters, and archives.

She is a library and information science professional with three years of experience in library management and holds a master’s degree in library and information science from Central University of Haryana and bachelor’s degree Library and Information Science from Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University and Diploma in Library Science from Government Women's Polytechnic Bihar. Prior to this, she has worked at JNV Jodhpur as School Librarian, IIT Delhi, New Delhi as a library professional trainee and Library and Documentation Division, NIE, NCERT, New Delhi as Professional Assistant.

Her areas of interest are Library management software’s, collection development, institutional repositories, institutional archives, information resource access, and user services, database searching, reference services etc.

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Our Team

Dr. Michael Keller

Tom Cramer

Anupama Saini

Pramod Jain

Krishnamoorti Chavan

Jhan P

Nancy Singh

Ayan Ghosh

Tushar Ayyar

Ashish Jadhav

Amit Sinha

Pradeep Tiwari

Joydeep Mukherjee

Prasad Vishwanathan

Page Title Our Team

Dr. Michael Keller

Tom Cramer

Anupama Saini

Pramod Jain

Krishnamoorti Chavan

Jhan P

Nancy Singh

Ayan Ghosh

Tushar Ayyar

Ashish Jadhav

Amit Sinha

Pradeep Tiwari

Joydeep Mukherjee

Prasad Vishwanathan

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Our Team