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Guest post: Judicial review of parliamentary process in Dr Sunil Kumar Singh v. Bihar legislative council
No full textIn a recent Supreme Court judgment dealing with the determination of the Court’s power to review the decision of the Bihar Legislative Council to expel one of its members—Dr Sunil Kumar Singh—from the membership of the House on account of calling Nitish Kumar paltu ram, among other things, the Court made certain important remarks on the interpretation Article 212 of the Indian Constitution. Beyond the facts of this case and the question of expulsion—and punishment in general—of the members of legislative assemblies, these observations are of critical relevance to other matters concerning the relationship of the legislature with the judiciary and the scope of judicial oversight of legislative actions. One such matter is the scope of judicial review of the Speaker’s decisions, including that of certifying a bill as a money bill. In the following paragraphs, I show how the interpretative framework adopted by the Court to creatively delimit the boundaries of Article 212 could help it answer the question about its power to review the decisions of the Speaker in the affirmative
Plurality, Identity, Democracy, Globalization... A conversation with Sunil Khilnani
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Rossella Ciocca interviews Sunil Khilnani author of the much appraised The Idea of India: one of the best non-fictional introductions to the complexities of politics in contemporary India. The strengths and weaknesses of present-day uneven modernity are discussed around a few strategic topics. First of all plurality, which in its linguistic, cultural, religious, ethnic variety has been vindicated since Independence as a foundational value, is seen as the quintessential resource for achosen practice of syncretism but also in danger of becoming the very source of fragmentation and implosion in a country increasingly maimed by fundamentalism and fanaticism. Democracy is then interrogated between the comfortable perspective of the firmly established and normally operating mechanisms of democratic routine, on the one hand, and the flawsof a still dramatically unjust system of distribution of rights and opportunities, on the other. Identity politics is in turn analysed both in its positive action of mobilizing society around the problem of social upgrading and in its unwelcome side effects of increasing practices of rigid and restricted classification fomenting division and violent sectarianism. In the end Indian growing cultural appeal upon the globalized scene is questioned in its complex relationship with the country’s quest for a role of protagonist in political as well as economic affairs upon a new multilateral international stage
Growth of E Banking in India
No full textFinancial services industry is developing due to the introduction of internet, rapid technological evolutions, deregulation, globalization as well as the impact of changing competitive and regulatory forces. So Financial system plays an important role in the economic development of the country. Because of the advent of information technology there is a change in the banking sector which has paved way for the introduction of retail electronic payment system and has progressed in the recent years in various countries and India has left no way behind. The objective of the paper is to examine and analyze the progress made by the internet banking in India. Bhawna Bhelly | Dr Sunil "Growth of E-Banking in India" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd25082.pd
Management of Lichen Planus through Ayurveda
No full textLichen Planus is a papulosquamous disorder that may affect the skin, scalp, nails, and mucous membranes. The primary cutaneous lesions are pruritic, polygonal, flat topped, violaceous papules. In Ayurveda, all skin diseases are lined beneath the term Kustha Roga. Vitiated Dosha cause abnormal colour of skin and produce degenerative changes called Kustha. CASE REPORT A 50 year old female came to OPD of National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur having complains of black papules on her whole body for last10 years. Oral mucosa was also involved. Mahamanjishtha Kwatha, Trivrit Leha, Tikta Ghrita, Khadiradi Vati and a combination of Rasamanikaya, Shuddha Gandhaka, Manjishthadi Churna, was given orally, Eladi Taila was given for local application and Irimedadi Taila was given for Gandusha . RESULTS Patient got significant relief in itching and discolouration of skin. Ayurvedic principle of Kustha is effective in the management of Lichen Planus. Dr. Deepti | Dr. Sunil Kumar | Dr. Anurag Singh Chandel "Management of Lichen Planus through Ayurveda" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd27908.pd
The Fight Against Government Secrecy
No full textLocal journalist and author Miranda Spivack has a new book out, Backroom Deals in Our Backyard: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Spivack about the book, why transparency has been a persistent problem in government, and how the public can fight back. Music by Washington art-pop rock band Catscan!https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UrBdTiUInvcV3xXgjK1R
The Long and Continuing Fight to Save Public Education
No full textEpisode · I Hate Politics Podcast · With school boards around the country under attack from right-wing extremists, a veteran Silver-Spring based education reporter and author, Karen Chenoweth, has founded a resource to help school board candidates and school board members fight back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Chenoweth about her website democracy-education.org and her mission. Music from Finster.https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gUiArNXgofhVTx1vweJE
On Barthes’ biography
No full textThis article presents an interview with Tiphaine Samoyault, author of Roland Barthes, Biographie (Éditions du Seuil, 2015). There is always a difficulty in approaching the biography of Roland Barthes, who famously gave us the thesis of the ‘death of the author’. Nonetheless, Samoyault’s lengthy study can be considered the closest thing to an ‘official’ biography. Unlike other biographers, she was given access to and granted permission to cite from a wide range of private papers and materials. This inside view has not stopped her from detailing some of the more sensitive sides of Barthes’ life, and importantly she has been able to reassess aspects of his writings and relationship to other key thinkers of the time and the wider politics. As part of the interview, various extracts from the biography are woven into the dialogue, allowing those unfamiliar with it to gain more direct access to the book itself
Entrepreneurship in federal contracting: Factors for success
No full textSmall Businesses enrolled in 8(a) program need management discipline and rigor of Critical Success Factor analysis to be successful as a Prime Contractor at every stage of the 8(a) program life.……factors for success
By Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892
Faculty Dr. Tom Mierzwa
Dr. Yung-Chi SungBackground
•Federal Government is the single largest purchaser in the world –
•More than 65 billion is spent in Metro Washington Area
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9/17/2010Summary of the SBA’s Small Business Programs
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SBA Program
Specific Program Features
Small Business (SB)Employee roster of 500 employees or 15 employees depends on NAICSAverage Revenue not to exceed 250,000 at the time of application and then cannot exceed amountsMay own multiple 8(a) qualified subsidiaries
9/17/2010Summary of the SBA’s Small Business Programs
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SBA Program
Specific Program Features
HUBZoneBusiness51% of the organization must be owned by US CitizenMust maintain Primary office in HUBZone35% of the workforce should reside in HUBZone
Veteran Owned Business (VOB)Owner must be retired from armed forces and must own 51%Self Certified for Veteran Owned Status
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB)Owner must be retired from armed forces and must own 51%Adjudication letter from the Veterans Administration (VA)Department of Defense Form 214Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active DutyStatement of Service from the National Archives and Records Administration, stating that the veteran has a service-connected disability
Women Owned Business (WOB)Women of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds Special status for Women’s Business Enterprise Certification (WBE)Can Apply for SDB and 8(a) status as wellAlso available certification as Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
9/17/2010Studies that have addressed this problem and their deficiencies
SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892 Studies that have addressed this problem with deficiencies
Headd& Kirchoff2007 a working paper for US SBA
Genericbut comprehensive study of firms that enroll as small businesses and how they contribute to employment and growth. Macro level study of 83 industrial sectors. Study helpful to establish that small businesses create net new jobs in the US between 1968 –1976.
GAO 2000, 2007,2010
GAO suggestsmeasures for SBA to improve but no ideas on how to guide the fresh entrepreneurs entering the 8(a) program. Access to federal contract is the benefit new entrepreneurs seek when enrolling into the 8(a)
Gadenne, 1998
Comprehensiveresearch to determine if there were any common management practices across different industries that contribute to the successful financial performance of small businesses. Study too broad to develop any meaningful factors for success.
Dickinson, 1984
CSF can help entrepreneursin the creation of a company. Focus is on commercial and not specific to federal contracting
9/17/2010Research Question
SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892
GAO (2000) report concludes that access to federal market is the most important benefit that entrepreneurs desire and the question is how to prepare small businesses so that the chances of small businesses winning those contracts are improved by participating in the 8(a) program and whether Critical Success Factor Analysis provides that needed help to win contracts early in the 8(a) life cycle to improve overall success rate of the small business companies.
9/17/2010Significance of the Research
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Significance of this Study for management is to create jobs in US and develop entrepreneurial firms to create competition
9/17/2010Purpose & Limitations of the Study
SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892
Purpose
•To examine the benefit of CSF analysis as a management tool to improve success rate as a prime contractor
•Implications for this study on practitioners (Entrepreneurs), SBA and management theory
Limitations
•Definition of Success –Organic Growth of Independent Entity versus Acquisition by Large Business
•Assumes that 8(a) program is designed to produce new “large” companies to compete in the full and open market
•Alaskan Native Corporations –a special status accorded to some companies are not studied in this research
9/17/2010Literature Themes and Authors
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Four Focus Areas
•Pattern of Small Business Growth
–Churchill, N. C., & Lewis, V. L. (1983), Hamm, J. (2002), Phelps, R., Adams, R., & Bessant, J. (2007), Steinmetz, L. L. (1969), Scott, M. & Bruce, R. (1987)
•Constraint Factors in Small Business Growth
–Porter, M. E. (2008), Brunk, D. E. (2006)
•Success Factors in Small Business
–Dickinson, R., Ferguson, C., & Sircar, S. (1984), Gadenne, D. (1998), Rockart, Jack F. (1986), GAO (2000)
•Organizational and Individual Resiliency
–Komives, J. (1994), Marcketti, S., Kozar, J. (2007)
9/17/2010Key Propositions from Literature
Proposition 1 –The small business growth cycle (as dictated by federal acquisition regulations) is detrimental to the SB community it serves due to term limit of 9 years.
Proposition 2–Barriers to entry in the federal procurement market are daunting, even with complex federal regulations designed to prevent such barriers.
Proposition 3 –A new focus by SBA on CSF analysis—that cuts across all functional areas—early in the life of the 8(a) company, will increase the success rate of the 8(a) program.
Proposition 4 –Small Business 8(a) Owners need to acquire the skills to be resilient individually as well as organizationally. During the entire 8(a) life cycle, an owner’s resiliency is linked inextricably to the organization’s resiliency.
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SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892 Thesis Statement
Small Businesses enrolled in 8(a) program need management discipline and rigor of Critical Success Factor analysis to be successful as a Prime Contractor at every stage of the 8(a) program life.
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SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892 Conceptual Framework CSF Analysis –how it makes sense
SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892
Figure 2-CSF Analysis as it Pertains to Business Strategy CSFs and their Relevance to 8(a) Small Business 9/17/2010CSF Analysis is necessary at each stage
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Figure 5 -CSF Analysis Yields Critical Decision Sets and Actions through out the 8(a) life cycle
9/17/2010Research Approach and Schedule
SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892
•8 firms selected after CCR database search
•2 External expert selected
•6 Interviews Conducted
•4 Interviews planned by July 15
•Findings and conclusions planned by July 20th, 2010
9/17/2010Findings and Implications for Theory and Practice
•TBD –July 31, 2010
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SOARS Presentation by Sunil Kolhekar DMGT 892 Future Research Agenda
•TBD –July 31, 2010
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Self-ambivalence in obsessive-compulsive disorder
No full textDeposited with permission of the author. © 2005 Dr. Sunil Singh BharAccording to the cognitive model, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is maintained by various belief factors such as an inflated sense of responsibility, perfectionism and an overestimation about the importance of thoughts. Despite much support for this hypothesis, there is a lack of understanding about the role of self-concept in the maintenance or treatment of OCD. Guidano and Liotti (1983) suggest that individuals who are ambivalent about their self-worth, personal morality and lovability use perfectionistic and obsessive compulsive behaviours to continuously restore self-esteem. This thesis develops a model of OCD that integrates self-ambivalence in the cognitive model of OCD. (For complete abstract open document
What AMZN HQ2 Search Tells Us About Government Transparency
No full textThere is a long tradition in political philosophy where democracy and transparency are equated. A new article in the Policy Studies Journal, by UMBC colleagues UMBC’s Eric Stokan, Ian Anson, University of Texas Austin’s Nathan Jensen studied the impact of government transparency on Amazon’s search for its second headquarters to find surprising conclusions: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70016 . Sunil Dasgupta talks with lead author Eric Stokan. Music by Frederick, MD,- based country-folk singer-songwriter Susanna Laird.https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bNPVzoK9pPWHkFYzINHU
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