Shayesta Bedar

Dr.
Shayesta Bedar
Born
Shayesta Bedar Khan

Alma mater
Occupation(s)Historian, academician
Years active1993–present
TitleDirector of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library
Honours
  • Bihar State Urdu Academy Award, Haji Ahmad Husain Award and Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu Award

Shayesta Bedar is an Indian historian, academician and scholar who is currently serving as the Director of Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna.[1][2][3] Before joining the National library, she has served as an Assistant librarian in Maulana Azad Library[4][5] AMU, Aligarh from (1993–2019) as in-charge of the Manuscript section of the library where she established a library museum in Maulana Azad Library.[6][7] She has authored numerous research papers based on Persian and Urdu literature. Additionally, she has edited and compile work for a variety of books related to Persian, Hindi and Urdu literature.[8]

  1. ^ "Shayesta Bedar appointed Director- Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 14 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Dr. Shayesta Bedar appointed as Director, KBOPL, Patna". LegendOfficers.com. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Board". kblibrary.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library". kblibrary.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ Sharma, Navendu (18 January 2019). "Modi Government takes four and a half years to find Director of Khuda Bakhsh library". National Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  6. ^ "'Heritage Not Seen Holistically': Khuda Bakhsh Library Director Urges Bihar Govt to Stop Razing". News18. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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  8. ^ "Journals | KBL Publications | Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal | Patna". KBL Publications. Retrieved 23 May 2023.