Education:

B.Sc Govt Degree College, Nahan, Distt Sirmour 1992;
M.Sc (Botany). PU Chandigarh 1995;
B.Lib & Inf. Sc. PU Chandigarh 1996;
MLISc (Master of Library & Information Science),1997;

Positions held: College Librarian, MGN college of Education, Jalandhar (1999-2004); Assistant Librarian, M S Randhawa Library, PAU, Ludhiana (2004-2010); Deputy Librarian, M S Randhawa Library, PAU, Ludhiana (2010-till date).

Field of Specialization: Information services, Classification & Cataloguing.

Research Interests: Library management, Library classification & Cataloguing,

Research Projects: Nil

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2019). Resource sharing in digital environment: a study of document delivery requests at Punjab Agricultural University, 2019. International Conference on Digital Transformation: A Cognitive learning towards Artificial Intelligence” (ICDT 2019)
2. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2019). Awareness and use of CeRA consortium by Research Scholars and postgraduate students of Punjab Agricultural University: A study. Indian Journal of Agricultural library and Information Services. 35(1): 36-45.
3. Sharma, A., and Vermani, S. (2018). Role of Library Consortia in Strengthening Agricultural Education: an exploratory study of CeRA. Indian Journal of Agricultural library and Information Services. 34(1): 29-36.
4. Vermani, S. K. (2015). Electronic information resources and its management in agricultural libraries. In: Sudhanshu B and others (eds). Electronic resources and digital libraries, pp. 152-156. DESIDOC, DRDO, Delhi.
5. Vermani, S. K. (2015). Libraries as facilitator of e-learning in digital era: with slant to agricultural education. Int J of Library Science 13(2): 50-60.