·         Sri Sri Sri Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji, Shravanabelagola and Chief Patron.

·         Prof. V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore

·         Mr. P Y Rajendra Kumar, Conference Director and President KALA, Bangalore

·         Mr. D Surendra Kumar, Dharmastala, Karnataka

·         Mr. S Jithendra Kumar, President K.J,A

·         Dr. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Former President, Kannada Sahithya Parishat and Kannada Writer, Bangalore.

·         Prof.C.R. Karisiddappa, Former UGC Emeritus Fellow.Karnatak University, Dharwad.

·         Mr. N V Sathyanarayana, Chairman & Managing Director, Informatics India Ltd, Bangalore

·         Dr. I R N Goudar, Rtd, Head ICAST, NAL and Visiting Prof. and Lib Adviser, University of Mysore

·         Prof. I K Ravichandra Rao, Professor,DRTC,ISI, Bangalore.

·         Prof. Shalini R Urs, Executive Director, ISiM, University of Mysore, Mysore

·         Mr. K G Venkatesh, Director, Department of Public Libraries, Bangalore.

·         Mr. Ashok Kumar, Executve Officer, Sri Muth, Shravanabelagola

 

·         Dr. K N Prasad, Executive Officer, SRELS, and KALA-GC member, Bangalore.

·         Prof. A Y Asundi, Rtd. Professor, Bangalore University, Bangalore

·         Prof. K S Raghavan, DRTC, ISI, Bangalore

·         Dr. M S Sridhar, Retd. Head, Library and Doc. Centre, ISRO, Bangalore

·         Dr. N S Harinarayana, Associate Professor, DLISc, University of Mysore, Mysore

·         Mrs. Usha Mukunda, Member, Knowledge Commission, Karnataka

 

·         Mr. V L Kalyan, Library Advisor, DRTC, ISI and KALA GC Member, Bangalore

·         Dr. P V Konnur, Librarian, BUB, Bangalore

·         Dr. M M Bachalapur, Librarian, KIT, Tiptur and KALA-GC member, Bangalore

·         Mrs. Gayathri Sen, Librarian, PESIT and KALA-GC member, Bangalore

·         Mr. Raghavendra, Library Executive, Jubilant Biosys, and VP, KALA, Bangalore

·         Dr. K R Mulla, Spl officer, VTU, Balgaum and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore

·         Mr. Shreenivas H E, Asst. Libn, Aliance University, and Joint Sec, KALA, Bangalore

·         Dr. Nagappa B, Branch Head, TCS, Bangalore.

·         Mr. S K Hosamani, Chief Librarian, DPL, Bangalore