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Masala: Newsletter Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Südasien, Jg. 8, Nr. 3 (Juli 2013)
No full textMasala, der vierteljährlich erscheinende Newsletter von Savifa, informiert über Neuerungen bei Savifa und im SSG "Südasien" und weist auf interessante wissenschaftliche und kulturelle Veranstaltungen wie Konferenzen, Vorträge und Ausstellungen hin. Außerdem wird aktuelle Literatur zu diversen Themenbereichen vorgestellt
International Comparative Study: Engineering Education in India
No full textThe central and state governments of India have been pursuing several reforms in the higher education sector. In engineering education, the government has already embarked on several reforms within the current legislative framework. Given this dynamic momentum, the engineering education sector in India is expected to receive a significant boost over the next few years. It is therefore timely to take stock and review the position of the sector internationally. This study thus aims to provide the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and relevant stakeholders with key facts, reliable data, and the results of relevant international comparisons to establish a common ground and to help in measuring the performance of the current engineering education system in India. The government also recognizes the importance of lessons that may be learned from the other Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, and China (BRIC) countries, and these countries were therefore selected for the comparison. This report is organized as follows: section one gives introduction; section two briefly discusses the background of both general higher education and engineering education in India. Section three reviews earlier comparative studies on international engineering education. Section four describes the scope of the study. Section five explains the methodology of data collection and identifies the data sources. Section six outlines the analysis of the collected data and the findings. Section seven presents conclusions. The appendixes describe the engineering education systems of the various countries examined in the study, the related challenges and opportunities, and the future policy goals in each country
Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
No full textThis paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase consumption (protein and energy intake) in the short run and accumulate more nonfinancial assets in the medium term. Direct benefits exceed program-related transfers and are most pronounced for scheduled castes and tribes and households supplying casual labor. Asset creation via program-induced land improvements is consistent with a medium-term increase in assets by nonparticipants and increases in wage income in excess of program cost
Cyclone Phailin in Odisha, October 2013: Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment Report
No full textThe severe cyclone storm "Phailin" that hit the coast of Odisha on October 12, 2013, brought with it very high speed winds and heavy rainfall that caused extensive damages particularly to houses, standing crops, power and communication infrastructure in the coastal districts of the state. The need to immediately start recovery and reconstruction work after Cyclone Phailin, especially in the affected districts, has prompted the state government, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, to initiate an assessment of the recovery needs in order to draw up a comprehensive recovery framework. This rapid damage and needs assessment report details the damage caused due to the storm, and the action taken for effective recovery after the impact. It provides a detailed analysis of the affected sectors, the extent of damages sustained, the reconstruction and recovery needs, and the recovery strategy
Monsoon Babies: Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal
No full textDo household consumption-smoothing strategies in poor countries entail significant long-run costs in terms of reduced human capital? This paper exploits the timing of monsoon rainfall shocks and the seasonal nature of agriculture to isolate income effects on early childhood anthropometric outcomes in rural Nepal and to provide evidence on the persistence of these effects into later childhood. Findings suggest that a 10 percent increase in rainfall from historic norms during the most recently completed monsoon leads to a 0.15 standard deviation increase in weight-for-age for children ages 0-36 months. This total impact consists of a negative "disease environment effect" of no more than 0.02 standard deviations and a positive "income effect" as high as 0.17 standard deviations. Consistent with this interpretation, excess monsoon rainfall also enhances child stature, but only if the monsoon rainfall shock is experienced in the second year of life. Moreover, this effect on child height is transitory, dissipating completely by age five
Inventory of Public Land in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
No full textThis paper pilots an approach to identifying, categorizing, and mapping public land owned by the central, state, and local government in urban developed areas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The methodology uses information on plot sizes, location, and ownership that is publicly available for all areas covered by town planning schemes. The study examines the extent of unutilized and underutilized public land, which excludes all cemeteries, parks and gardens, heritage buildings, slums, utilities, infrastructure land, and industrial estates. Unused land already earmarked for public purposes were also excluded from the valuation exercise. The potentially marketable land so identified was valued at both official rates and estimated market rates. The value of potentially marketable excess land is significant -- in per capita terms, the high-value scenario substantially exceeds the estimate of total infrastructure investment needs for the next 20 years prepared by an expert committee of the Ministry of Urban Development of the Government of India
Organic Food Marketing in Urban Centres of India
No full textDer indische Binnenmarkt für Biolebensmittel ist über die letzten 5-10 Jahre schnell gewachsen, insbesondere in den Großmetropolen. In kurzer Zeit ist eine große Bandbreite von Vermarktungkanälen für biologisch erzeugte Produkte entstanden. Die Lieferketten und Einzelhandelsformate sind ebenso vielfältig und umfassen kleine Biofachgeschäfte, Supermärkte, Restaurants, Onlinehandel und Verbraucherinitiativen. Mit Schwerpunkt auf Mumbai, Bangalore und Hyderabad geben die Autoren einen Einblick in den derzeitigen Stand der Biolebensmittelvermarktung in Indiens Großstädten. Auf der Grundlage empirischer Forschungsarbeiten über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren dokumentiert die Studie die Vielfalt im Bioeinzelhandel, identifiziert Herausforderungen in den Lieferketten und zeigt erfolgreiche Beispiele regionaler, dezentraler Logistik auf. Das Buch richtet sich an Forschende mit Interesse an Indien, an politische Entscheidungsträger und NGOs, an Bioproduzenten, Biofirmen, Einzelhändler und Verbraucher, die den Markt besser verstehen möchten
Rangeland Tenure Transfer: An Analysis of Policy and Legal Issues in Bhutan
No full textThis publication analyzes the situation with regard to ownership pattern of Tsamdro (rangeland) prior to the Land Act of Bhutan 2007 vis-à-vis their livestock ownership at present as many are no longer engaged in grazing for their livelihoods, assess the need of individuals, communities and social groups to whom grazing rights need to be leased. The author explores the policy and legal options available to implement the provisions of the Land Act 2007
Bangladesh: Drifting into Islamic Fundamentalism?
No full textSince 9/11 the world has regarded Pakistan and Afghanistan as the epicentre of Islamic fundamentalism. Many of the early observations dealt with the tremendous challenge that terrorism and religious-militant extremism would pose for peace and stability from a geopolitical perspective. Realising the increasingly complex scenarios as well as the causalities and impacts, analyses on the phenomenon under discussion were slowly but persistently broadening. In order to be able to address not only the militant, but also the socio-economic and political dimensions of Islamic fundamentalism - the networks and ideological foundations of internationally acting fundamentalist groups have increasingly caught the attention of observers worldwide. (...
Gongzim Ugyen Dorji: The King's Aide and Diplomat Par Excellence
No full textGongzim Ugyen Dorji (1855-1916) played a great supporting role in establishing the monarchy. The Gongzim was a simple man, who worked as aide and diplomat for the first King of Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck