{"id":13126,"name":"Dr.Vrushali Dandavate","url":"","description":"<b>Sr Ambassador of the\u00a0Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)<\/b>\r\nDr.\u00a0Vrushali\u00a0is the Head Librarian at AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India. She holds a Ph.D. from Reva University, Bengaluru, with her research focused on\u00a0\u201cOpen Access E-Resources Development in Asia: A Study.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0An active\u00a0Senior Ambassador of the\u00a0Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ),\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Vrushali\u00a0is deeply engaged in advancing open access and scholarly communication initiatives. She received the\u00a0ALCTS Online Course Grant for Library Professionals from Developing Countries (2014)\u00a0and won the\u00a0INASP Open Access Week Competition\u00a0in both\u00a02015 and 2016.\u00a0She was invited to\u00a0OpenCon 2017\u00a0in Berlin and later served on the\u00a0Organizing Committee\u00a0for OpenCon 2018\u00a0in Toronto. Dr.\u00a0Vrushali\u00a0has also been a member of the\u00a0Advisory Committee\u00a0for\u00a0Open Access Week (2018\u20132019)\u00a0and currently serves on the\u00a0Advisory Committee of OpenDOAR\u00a0and the\u00a0Conference Committee of FORCE2021. \u00a0She also hosted the \"COAR Open Access Asia\" meeting in India in association with UNESCO in 2024.","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/author\/vrushalidandavate\/","slug":"vrushalidandavate","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea7f05bb08e6c7bb0baca30d67f86ae483c85ee525d3f3aa3642aa9322f2bfa5?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea7f05bb08e6c7bb0baca30d67f86ae483c85ee525d3f3aa3642aa9322f2bfa5?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea7f05bb08e6c7bb0baca30d67f86ae483c85ee525d3f3aa3642aa9322f2bfa5?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":{"web_stories_tracking_optin":false,"web_stories_media_optimization":true,"web_stories_onboarding":[]},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}