List of First in Holding Charge of the Office in the Library and Information Science in India

Name (Who)	Area (Known for)
Bellary Shamanna Kesavan	First Librarian of the National Library (Independent India).
Bellary Shamanna Kesavan	First Director of the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC).
Heinrich Uhlendahl	First Secretaries General of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
Issac Collijin	First President of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
John Macfarlane	First Librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkatta).
Khalifa Mohammad Asadullah	First Secretary of Indian Library Association.

Badan Barman at present working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. He is the creator of the LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) - India’s most popular social networking website for Library and Information Science professionals. He also created the UGC NET Guide (http://www.netugc.com) and LIS Study (http://www.lisstudy.com) website.