Arun Kumar D currently serves as the Deputy Librarian at Azim Premji University since April 2024. Prior to this role, Arun held various positions at ITC Limited from November 2010 to April 2024, including KC Executive, Senior Research Associate, Research Associate, and JRA. Arun's educational background includes a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Human Resources Management from Kuvempu University (2015-2017), a LIM Trainee program at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) focused on information repositories and digital libraries (2008-2010), and a Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) from Kuvempu University with a focus on IPR, RM, ICT, and LIS (2006-2008).