I. Sub-committee to develop standards for digital preservation including study of ISO reference model for Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and digital repository audit and certification

Composition:

-  Dr. S.L. Sarnot, DG, STQC, DIT - Convener
-  Shri N.S. Mani, Microphotographist, National Archives of India
-  Shri S.P. Singh, Director (Conservation), National Museum
-  Dr. S.B. Ota, Director, National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities, Archaeological    Survey of India
-  Ms. Reena Garg, Joint Director (Electronics & IT), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)
-  Ms. Kamalini Dutt, Director (Archives) Doordarshan
-  Ms. T. Dolkar, DDG, All India Radio, Transcription and Programme Exchange Unit
-  Shri V.H. Jadhav, Director, National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
-  Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre (NIC)
-  Smt. Renu Budhiraja, Scientist “F” and HOD, e-Governance Group, Department of Information    Technology (DIT)

Terms of Reference:

 To Develop standards for digital preservation including study of the ISO

 Reference Model for Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and Digital

 Repository Audit & Certification.

II. Sub-committee on R&D agenda for digital preservation

Composition:

-  Dr. A.B. Saha, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),    Kolkata - Convener
-  Dr. Dinesh S. Katre, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune
-  Prof. Subhashis, Banerjee, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute    of Technology (IIT), Delhi
-  Dr. Naman P. Ahuja, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru    University (JNU)
-  Shri Dravida Seetharam, Vice-President, IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
-  Shri P. Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Lab India Pvt. Ltd.
-  Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre (NIC)
-  Dr. Shalini Urs, Executive Director and Professor, International School of Information    Management (ISIM), University of Mysore
-  Smt. Geeta Kathpalia, Scientist “F”, Department of Information Technology (DIT)

Terms of Reference:

  Identification of research challenges in digital archiving and long term preservation.

  Identification of areas for research and development and funding by the government.


III. Sub-committee on analysis of International Best practises in digital preservation (including organizing International workshop)

Composition:

-  Shri P.S.Narotra, Scientist “G” and HOD, Department of Information Technolgy (DIT) -    Convener
-  Shri Vijay Kapur, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.
-  Shri Dravida Seetharam, Vice-President, IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
-  Shri Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, General Manager, IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
-  Dr. Dinesh S. Katre, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune
-  Shri J.K.Tyagi, Deputy Financial Adviser, Department of Information Technology (DIT)
-  Dr. Vandana Sinha, Director (Academic), Center for Art & Archeology, American Institute of    Indian Studies
-  Shri Rajneesh Agrawal, Scientist “E”, Department of Information Technology (DIT)
-  Shri Dushyant Thakor, Joint Director, IT & Telecom Committee, Federation of Indian    Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
-  Ms. Sarika Gulyani, Assistant Director, IT & Telecom Committee, Federation of Indian    Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Terms of Reference:

  Analysis of best practices including current literature, conceptualization of digital preservation    issues, assessment of preservation strategies and recommended methodology, analysis of    storage media and digital formats, metadata standards and practices, resource discovery,    persistent identification and authenticity and IPR and rights management.

  To organize international workshop on digital preservation including
    finalization of the workshop theme.

IV. Sub-committee to identify common issues for digital preservation across the technologies, strategies, open standards and interoperability aspects including the legal issues.

Composition:

-  Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) - Convener
-  Dr. A.B. Saha, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),    Kolkata
-  Smt. J. Khurana, Scientist “G” and HOD, Department of Information Technology (DIT)
-  Shri U.K. Nandwani, Scientist “F”, STQC Directorate, Department of Information Technology    (DIT)
-  Shri N.S. Mani, Microphotographist, National Archives of India
-  Dr. Shalini Urs, Executive Director and Professor, International School of Information    Management (ISIM), University of Mysore
-  Ms. Kamalini Dutt, Director (Archives) Doordarshan
-  Ms T. Dolkar, Deputy Director-General, All India Radio, Transcription & Programme Exchange    Unit
-  Smt. Arti V. Karkhanis, Library & Information Assistant, National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
-  Shri Ashok Kapoor, Chief Archivist, Reserve Bank of India Archives (RBIA)
-  Smt. Renu Budhiraja, Scientist “F” & HOD, E-Governance Group, Department of Information    Technology (DIT)
-  Shri Sunil Alag, Scientist “F” & HOD, e-Learning Division, Department of Information    Technology (DIT)

Terms of Reference:

  Identification of common issues including legal issues and measures to address them    including preservation technologies and strategies, web archiving interoperatability aspects    and open standards.

V. Sub-committee on preservation Metadata

Composition:

-  Dr. Shalini Urs, Executive Director and Professor, International School of Information    Management (ISIM), University of Mysore -Convener
-  Dr. Gautam Bose, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre (NIC)
-  Dr. A.B. Saha, Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC),    Kolkata
-  Dr. Vandana Sinha, Director (Academic), Center for Art & Archeology, American Institute of    Indian Studies
-  Ms. Kamalini Dutt, Director (Archives) Doordarshan
-  Ms T. Dolkar, Deputy Director-General, All India Radio, Transcription & Programme Exchange    Unit
-  Shri Kiran A. Dhiwar, Film Preservation Officer, National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
-  Smt. Renu Budhiraja, Scientist “F” & HOD, E-Governance Group, Department of Information    Technology (DIT)
-  Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) Centre
-  Shri N.V. Sathyanarayana, Chairman and Managing Director, Informatics (India) Ltd.

Terms of Reference:

  To develop a comprehensive and structured preservation metadata framework applicable to a     broad range of digital objects.

  To define and specify a core preservation metadata set that would extend to all aspects of     preservation process

 To review and develop implementation strategies