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\"Naresh<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947 Namast\u0113! My name is Naresh <\/a> Agarwal<\/a> <\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u0928\u0930\u0947\u0936 nar\u0113\u015b = nar (man) + \u0113\u015b (God) = King = God among men.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Research<\/h1>\n

My research interest\u00a0is in information behavior and knowledge management<\/a>. I am interested in studying how people go about looking for information and the contextual factors that impact the way people choose information sources. (…)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access my publications<\/a>.<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a>I’m an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science<\/a> at Simmons College, Boston.Download my CV<\/a><\/p>\n

agarwal @simmons.edu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Service<\/h1>\n

Apart from service to the school<\/a> and college<\/a>, I’ve served in leadership roles at ASIS&T<\/a>, the Association for Information Science & Technology.
\nI am currently a Board Member<\/a> and Director of the Chapter Assembly<\/a>. I was awarded the James M. Cretsos Leadership Award for 2012. (…)<\/a><\/td>\n

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Teaching<\/h1>\n

My teaching areas<\/a> are:<\/p>\n

Technology<\/a> for Info. Profls.
\nEvaluation<\/a> of Info. Services
\nKnowledge Management<\/a>
\nWeb Development \/ Info. Arch.<\/td>\n

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Contact me<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Email<\/a><\/td>\n\"See<\/a><\/td>\n\"Find<\/a><\/td>\n\"Find<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Find<\/a><\/td>\n\"View<\/a><\/td>\n\"Watch<\/a><\/td>\n\"Find<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Find<\/a><\/td>\n\"See<\/a><\/td>\n\"Call<\/a><\/td>\n\"Wordpress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Timeline<\/h1>\n

I got my Ph.D. from
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\nPrior to entering the Ph.D. program at NUS, I worked for six years in technology roles<\/a> in the voice-over-IP, bioInformatics and digital cinema industries. See my timeline<\/a> spanning employment to education (nus<\/a>, ntu<\/a>, tna<\/a>) to growing up<\/a>.<\/td>\n

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Oneness<\/h1>\n

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\nI endeavor to identify<\/a> with each person and see happiness<\/a> as a decision. Learn about my 7 commandments<\/a> in life, identity<\/a>, my thoughts<\/a> and work on the Bhagavad Gita<\/a>. See my beautiful people<\/a> album and meet my family<\/a>, friends<\/a> and me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be happy always!<\/em><\/td>\n

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Creativity<\/h1>\n

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\nI’ve been a debater and public speaker and like to paint<\/a> in oil and watercolor in my free time. I have engaged in professional<\/a> and informal writing (blog<\/a>), poetry<\/a>, acting \/ modeling<\/a>, among other things<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Places<\/h1>\n

Know about my home-state Sikkim<\/a> and India<\/a>, about Singapore<\/a> where I spent 14 years, about the USA<\/a> where I live now and my travels<\/a> to other countries.<\/td>\n

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Site Map<\/h1>\n

Find your way around the website by accessing the site map at the bottom of each page.<\/td>\n

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Blog<\/h1>\n

Access my personal blog<\/a>, which I update every once in a long while.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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