New Staff Introduction: Smt. Pushti Devi Dasi

Pushti Devi Dasi (Papiya Chatterjee) joined BRC in May. She is serving in both the Membership  Department and the Publications Department. 

Pushti joined the Iskcon movement in Kolkata in 1987. She served in Sri Sri Radha Govinda’s kitchen at the Kolkata temple for several years and later became the personal assistant of then temple president, Adiridaran Das. She gained a lot of experience during her service there –  organising membership/donations,maintaining correspondences, managing event planning, etc. 

After she married, she lived for many years in the US with her family and served in the New Dwarka in Los Angeles. She returned to India in 2010. 

She is very enthusiastic to serve at BRC. “I’m very excited about our upcoming publications and assisting with the Fund Raising program,” she said. “I look forward to learning a lot and adding to my experience.”

New Technology Advisor at BRC

Mr. Indranil Das Gupta of L2C2 Technologies has joined the BRC team as a consultant. He is a software architect and has been a Free and Open Source (FOSS) technology and is expert in Koha, the world’s first and also the largest Open Source Integrated Library Software.

He is working diligently along with BRC Librarian Angelo Pugliese (Acyuta Prabhu) to implement systems for our server to be able to upload huge amounts of content without crashing.

Currently, they are designing a framework for manuscripts; including a cataloging form where details are given (meta data) including title, author, and year to increase accessibility for consultation by scholars and library patrons online.

This manuscript framework is an entirely new contribution to library technology, and will be made available as open source to libraries worldwide that are using the Koha cataloging system. BRC is very pleased to be involved with such a exciting and cutting-edge project. 

Links to 2015 BRC Newsletter docs

Read BRC Newsletter, April 2015 here

Contents include:

Completion of Birnagar Collection restoration

Descriptions of preservation work

Visitors visiting BRC from all over the world

Read BRC Newsletter, September 2015 here

Contents Include:

New letters of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur found and preserved

Moving into new Publications Department office

Fireproofing efforts to protect rare and precious items

BRC's 5th Anniversary Newsletter

Read BRC's 5th Anniversary Newsletter, September 2014 here

The review includes overviews of:

Manuscript mission

Improvements to our facilities

Acquisition of new office space for translation department

New additions to BRC staff

Sundar Vidyabinode Collection cataloging progress, including Nadia Prakash

BRC celebrates 5th Year Anniversary, June 2014

We put together a special edition in honor of completing 5 years. Click on this link to read:

BRC's 5th Anniversary Newsletter

The review includes overviews of:

• Manuscript mission
• Improvements to our facilities
• Acquisition of new office space for translation department
• New additions to BRC staff
• Sundar Vidyabinode Collection cataloguing progress, including Nadia Prakash