Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Indore's Ahilya Library To Extend Hours For Exam Aspirants
The Ahilya Library in Indore plans to stay open for more hours.
It will open earlier and close later than it does now.
This is meant to help students preparing for competitive exams.
Commissioner Bhaskar Lakshkar asked officials to make the change.
He also spoke with students about what they need.
The library will make a digital list of its books and journals.
Students may be able to check this list from home.
Rare books and old journals will receive special care and protection.
Government Shri Ahilya Central Library will soon open earlier and close later.
The change is intended to help competitive-exam aspirants study longer in better conditions.
Divisional Commissioner Bhaskar Lakshkar made the decision at an advisory committee meeting on Saturday.
Officials will create a digital catalogue of books and journals for remote access.
The library will map acquisitions from the past decade and preserve rare books, gazettes and journals separately.
- Who
- The Government Shri Ahilya Central Library, Divisional Commissioner Bhaskar Lakshkar, library officials and competitive-exam students.
- What
- The library will extend its opening hours and improve access, cataloguing and preservation facilities.
- When
- The decision was taken at a meeting on Saturday, with the changes planned soon.
- Where
- Government Shri Ahilya Central Library in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To give competitive-exam aspirants more study time and provide a better study environment.
- Library
- Government Shri Ahilya Central Library
- Location
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Planned change
- Earlier opening and later closing hours
- Digital catalogue
- Books and journals will be catalogued for readers to check from home, potentially through the public domain or ORA software.
- Collection review
- Books acquired or purchased over the past 10 years will be mapped.
- Preservation
- A separate area will house and protect rare books, valuable old books, gazettes and journals.
- Additional facility
- Officials will prepare a standard operating procedure for the Pritamlal Dua Auditorium and improve basic reader facilities.