Ramesh Bakthavachalam is working as Librarian at NCAER. Before joining NCAER, he, worked at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, I.P. Estate, Delhi and

V V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida. He has also worked as Librarian under the Ministry of Finance at the Fifth Central Pay Commission, Delhi.

He has a Master’s degree in Economics from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.