Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh C. Gaur is presently Dean(Academics), IGNCA & Director (Lib. & Inf.) & Head-Kala Nidhi Division at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. His past assignments includes; University Librarian, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR), Mumbai, CRRI-CSIR, RIS, New Delhi, MDI, Gurgaon and IMT Ghaziabad. A Fulbright Scholar(VT, USA), Prof. Gaur had visited 24 countries. Prof. Gaur is first Indian nominated as Member- International Advisory Committee (IAC) UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) Programme and Member UNESCO Global Task Force on Indigenous Languages. He is Member of Research Council (RC) for CSIR-NISCAIR), New Delhi, Member-International NDLTD Board of Directors, Member of various committees of IFLA, IFLA Programme Advisory Committee on Global Cultural Heritage, RSCAO, ARL, Art Libraries, Member Academic Advisory Board of many major publishers; Elsevier, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, EBSCO, PROQUEST, OUP, CUP IOP,etc