Dr. S. Niruba Sethukumari
PhD, MLISc, MA
Librarian
Dr. S. Niruba Sethukumari, has been working at KITTS as Librarian, since 2001. She holds her Ph.D in Library and Information Science from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, M.L.I.Sc and M.A from Madurai Kamaraj University. She started her career as a librarian in Chinamaya Vidhyala, Tirunelveli and then at Govindammal Adithanar College, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu. Before joining KITTS, she served as a library trainee in British library, Thiruvananthapuram. She was instrumental in the process of computerising KITTS library in 2003.
She has published research articles in renowned journals like Library Philosophy and Practice, (A Scopus covered Journal in 2021), SRELS, Journal of Information Management and Indian Journal of Information science and services.
Her area of specialisation is Bibliometrics and she has participated in conferences, seminars, webinars and workshops and presented research papers in National conferences in the subjects like research productivity in Tourism, Use of e-resources and total quality management in library services. She also chaired a session in an International conference on Knowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions in January 2024. Dr. Niruba is the Life member of Society for the advancement of Library and Information science (SALIS) and Kerala Library Professionals organization (KELPRO).
She also functioned as Management Representative of KITTS from 2010-2020 for the ISO certification programme. Dr. Niruba was selected as a Jury member for Rangoli competition organised under "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" (AKAM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India in 2023, considering her vast experience of doing rangolis.