Dr. Meenal Oak is a Versatile Librarian. She is a very dedicated, sincere, and effective library professional. Her intellectual curiosity and learning aptitude will always be a hallmark of her performance. She is a beautiful person with a beautiful spirit. She always has a smile on her face. She is always ready to take challenges. She has more than 25 years of professional experience as a librarian.
She is at present working as a faculty member at Maharashtra Education Society Institute of Management and Career Courses (MES-IMCC), Pune, Maharashtra. She is also Coordinator of IGNOU Study Center, SET- NET Workshop, PGDLIMAN & MES Koha Project. Apart from the hardcore librarianship work, she has handled multifold activities in the academic field. She also has teaching expertise and teaches Management of Libraries & Information Centers, Library automation, ICT in Libraries & Knowledge organization for the last 20 years in the conventional mode as well as in the distance mode of education. She has been invited to several places in India including the corporate sector libraries to the Central University Libraries and Departments of Library & Information Science to conduct the sessions as a resource person and as a keynote person. She is an active elective member (EC) of MANLIBNET and also one of the Core Committee Members of MANLIBNET, India.
Dr. Meenal is the receiver of- the MES Gunawant Shikshak Puraskar 2013-14, Best Teacher Award from Lions Club of Poona; Ajinkya Dr Patil University, and Mahaganesh Technical Education Society Pune; winner of the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Managing Library and Information Systems in the Digital World: Challenges and Opportunities, organized by MANLIBNET 2015 at TAPMI, Best Promoter Award of PULISAA Pune University Library Science Alumni Association in 2006, Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly University of Pune).
