Academic Expertise. Institutional Experience. Practical Strategy.

Ariswise offers three connected lines of work: training that builds skills, consultancy that strengthens systems, and information services that support day-to-day research and decision-making. Institutions can draw on one or combine all three, depending on where the gap sits.
Board of Directors

Dr. B. M. Pange

Director

  • Retd. Librarian, Jayakar Knowledge Resource Center, Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Expertise: Digital Libraries and Information Retrieval, bibliographic databases

Dr. Durga Murari

Director

  • Retd. Deputy Librarian, Bharatratna Maharshi Karve Knowledge Resource Centre, SNDT Women‘s University, Pune.
    Expertise: Information needs and information seeking skills, information resources, qualitative research methods

Mentors (Honorary)

Name Designation Expertise
Prof. Saroj Ghaskadbi Retd. Professor, Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University. Molecular biology, Oxidative stress, antioxidants, diabetes, molecular biology, DNA repair, and regeneration in Hydra.
Prof. Shashikala Rai Retd. Professor of the Department of Hindi at Savitribai Phule Pune University. Contemporary Hindi literature
Prof. Pramod K Nayar Sr. Professor of English at the University of Hyderabad and holds the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies and Distinguished Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Postcolonial studies, cultural studies, human rights, posthumanism, literary and cultural theory, travel writing, graphic novels, and vulnerability studies.
Prof. Shubhada Nagarkar Dr. Shubhada Nagarkar, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, and Coordinator, Centre for Publication Ethics (CPE), Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Bibliometrics, publication ethics, institutional repositories, and digital libraries

Prof. Saroj Ghaskadbi

mentors

  • Retd. Professor, Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
    Expertise: Molecular biology, Oxidative stress, antioxidants, diabetes, molecular biology, DNA repair, and regeneration in Hydra.

Prof. Shashikala Rai

mentors

  • Retd. Professor of the Department of Hindi at Savitribai Phule Pune University.
    Expertise: Contemporary Hindi literature

Prof. Pramod K Nayar

mentors

Sr. Professor of English at the University of Hyderabad and holds the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies and Distinguished Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
Expertise: Postcolonial studies, cultural studies, human rights, posthumanism, literary and cultural theory, travel writing, graphic novels, and vulnerability studies.

Prof. Shubhada Nagarkar

mentors

Dr. Shubhada Nagarkar, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, and Coordinator, Centre for Publication Ethics (CPE), Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.
Expertise: Bibliometrics, publication ethics, institutional repositories, and digital libraries

How Our Leadership Shapes Our Work

Our leadership brings together multidisciplinary expertise from diverse fields. This breadth enables us to understand research and information challenges from multiple perspectives in depth and shape our programs and engagements more effectively.
  • Direct academic and institutional experience informs every training design
  • A founding team spanning research expertise and digital/operational execution
  • Governance and strategic guidance from directors with institutional leadership backgrounds
  • A shared commitment to ethical, evidence-based, and future-ready consultancy