Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha presently working as Professor & Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, Assam University, Silchar. He has been appointed as the Dean of Swami Vivekananda School of Library Sciences & Acting Librarian, Rabindra (Central) Library, Assam University, Silchar.He did Graduation, Post –Graduation and Ph.D. Degree in Zoology, Lib.& Inf. Science from T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. He has about 17 years of professional experience in Librarianship and around 11 years of Teaching and Research in Library and Information Science.
He is life member of ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, UPLA, SIS, MANLIBNET, JILA, Assam Library Association, FBAI, and actively associated with research and academic work. He has been associated with many universities as Board of Studies Members.He has published more than 300 research papers and articles in the areas of Lib.& Inf. Sciences, Botany, Zoology and Environmental Sciences. Under his supervision nine Ph.D. Scholars and nine M.Phil. Scholars have been awarded Ph.D. and M.Phil.
He has also been associated with many universities of India and served as