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[[File:ISI Bangalore main building 2.JPG|thumb|250px|ISI Bangalore Main Building which houses DRTC]]<br />
[[File:Drtc.jpg|thumbnail|DRTC Faculties and Students (2015)]]<br />
[[File:DRTC .jpg|thumb|DRTC Faculties and Students (2018)]]<br />
'''Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC)''' is a research centre for [[library and information science]] and allied disciplines at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Bangalore]]. The Centre was established in April 1962, under the auspices of Prof. [[S. R. Ranganathan]] (considered to be the father of modern library and information science in India) with the encouragement of Prof. [[P. C. Mahalanobis]] at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]].<br />
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DRTC is India's only "proper" [[ischool|iSchool]] with a very strong research program.<br />
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DRTC runs a graduate program leading to the award of a 'Master of Science in Library and Information Science' (MS-LIS) from the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] as well as serving as an academic and research center for Research Fellows registered for a PhD in [[Information Science]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/MSLIS|title=Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC)|last=|first=|date=|website=drtc.isibang.ac.in|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> Research at DRTC generally focuses on the application of [[information technology]] to [[library and information science]].<br />
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DRTC has a PhD collaboration with the [[University of Trento]], Italy.<br />
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2012 marked the Golden Jubilee of DRTC, which was celebrated with the 'International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics' (ICTK-2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/|title=ICTK - 2012 {{!}} International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics. 10–13 July 2012|last=|first=|date=2012-02-18|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218185328/http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-18|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref><br />
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==Faculty==<br />
*Devika P Madalli, ''Professor''<br />
*M Krishnamurthy, ''Associate Professor and Head''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isibang.ac.in/~krish/|title=M Krishnamurthy's Home Page|website=www.isibang.ac.in|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref><br />
*Biswanath Dutta, ''Associate Professor''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/dutta2005/full-cv|title=Full CV - Biswanath Dutta's Personal Home Page|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref><br />
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== See also==<br />
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* [[Documentation science]]<br />
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* [[Information science]]<br />
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* [[Information_school|iSchool]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://drtc.isibang.ac.in Documentation Research and Training Centre]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120218185328/http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/ ICTK2012,Bangalore, India]<br />
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[[Category:Library science education]]<br />
[[Category:Information schools]]<br />
[[Category:Libraries in Bangalore]]<br />
[[Category:Research institutes in Bangalore]]<br />
[[Category:1962 establishments in Mysore State]]<br />
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