Recipients of the EPT Open Access Awards 2013 | Electronic Publishing Trust for Development
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Summary:
"The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) is pleased to announce the winner of its 3rd Annual Award in recognition of the effort made by individuals working in the developing and emerging countries in the furtherance of Open Access (OA) to scholarly publications.
This year, the trust received 10 nominations from a broad spread of countries (Armenia, Egypt, India, Kenya) and covering a very varied range of work. The panel members were impressed by the high standard of nominations, and in the end were unable to decide between two, so declaredMuthu Madhan, India, and Rosemary Otando, Kenya, as joint winners.
Muthu Madhan is Manager, Library and information Services, ICRISAT, Hyderabad 502324, India,and has been highly influential in promoting Open Access within the Indian research community and been heavily involved in setting up many open access repositories – to date he has been instrumental in setting up at least 10 repositories including one for data, and in developing mandatory repository deposition for all Institute publications in two institutions [see for example http://oar.icrisat.org, http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/]. His solid achievements in driving the establishment of ‘green’ open access in India make him a worthy recipient of the award...."