Dr. Vishala B.K. is currently working as a Chief Librarian at St. Agnes College (Autonomous) Mangalore, Karnataka. Dr Vishala is the recipient of the 'Best Librarian Award' by the Karnataka State Mahavidhyalaya Shikshaka Sangha, Bangalore in 2023, prestigious KALA National Award, Conferred by Karnataka State Library Association, Bangalore in  2012 and State Level Best Librarian Award, Conferred by Dept. of Library and information Science, Mangalore University in 2013 She has rich professional experience of more than two decades. She has to her credit many seminars and workshops organized at the national and regional level and the most significant was the 57th Annual Conference of INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ILA), New Delhi in 2012 at St.Agnes College, Mangalore. 
Dr. Vishala has contributed more than fifteen articles in reputed national journals, edited books, and national and international conference volumes and has presented papers at various conferences and seminars.  She was also one of the editors of the journal published by the Karnataka State College Librarians Association (KSCLA), Bangalore, and an in-house research journal. She was the  Secretary of IQAC in her college, for the period 2012-2017.MORE

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