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Uday Shankar /
No full textPubl. on the occasion of Uday-Ustav, the Uday Shankar festival '83, held in New Delhi from 8th to 11th December, 1983T.-p.: Uday Shankar: a photo-biograph
The Service Sector as India's Road to Economic Growth
No full textWhile India is distinctive among developing countries for its fast-growing service sector, sceptics have raised doubts about the quality and sustainability of this service-sector growth and its implications for economic development. We show, consistent with the views of the sceptics, that while growth of the sector has been unusually rapid, it started 15 years ago from unusually low levels. That the share of services has now simply converged to the international norm raises questions about whether it will continue growing rapidly. In particular, whether service-sector output and employment continue to grow in excess of international norms will depend on the continued expansion of modern services (business services, communication and banking) but, also, on the application of modern information technology to more traditional services (retail and wholesale trade, transport and storage, public administration and defense ). The second aspect obviously has more positive implications for output than for employment. We also show that the modern services that are growing most rapidly are now large enough where their future performance could have a significant macroeconomic impact. The expansion of modern service-sector employment is not simply disguised manufacturing activity. Finally, we show that the mix of skilled and unskilled labor in manufacturing and services is increasingly similar. It is no longer obvious therefore that manufacturing is the main destination for the vast majority of Indian labor moving into the modern sector and that modern services are a viable destination only for the highly-skilled few. We conclude that sustaining economic growth and raising living standards will require shifting labor into both manufacturing and services.
Clinical white spot disease status in Penaeus monodon during the middle of the culture period - its epidemiological significance
No full textFirst paragraph: White spot disease (WSD) is arguably the most serious disease affecting penaeid shrimp, not just in Asia but globally. Since its first report in Japan in 1993 (Nakano, Koube, Umezawa, Momoyama, Hiroaka, Inouye & Oseko 1994; Momoyama, Hiraoka, Inouye, Kimura & Nakano 1995), the disease is now rampant in most of Asia (Wongteerasupaya, Vickers, Sriurairatana, Nash, Akarajamorn, Boonsaeng, Panyim, Tassanakajon, Withyachumnarnkul & Flegel 1995; Wang, Tan, Kou & Chen 1997; Mohan, Shankar, Kulkarni & Sudha 1998; Park, Lee, Lee & Lee 1998) and Central and South America (Global Aquaculture Alliance 1999a,b). In Asia alone, the loss of farmed shrimp production attributed to WSD is estimated at US $ 4-6 billion (Lightner 2003). Realizing the devastating impact of the disease on the shrimp farming industry, over the past 15 years both farmers and scientific communities have been working towards identifying ways to prevent and predict the disease outbreaks. Several factors, including stocking of WSSV infected post-larvae (PL), stress because of higher pH and un-ionized ammonia and lower water temperature have been identified as the major risk factors for WSD outbreaks in shrimp farms (Flegel & AldaySanz 1998; Mushiake, Shimizu, Satoh, Mori, Arimoto, Ohsumi & Imaizumi 1999; Corsin, Turnbull, Mohan, Hao & Morgan 2005). Detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), the necessary causative agent of WSD in shrimp, is paramount for management of shrimp farms. Sensitive diagnostic techniques have been developed and they have been included into pond side kits such as Shrimple (EnBio Tec Laboratories Co. Ltd) and Rapidot (Shankar 2006) to assess the level of WSSV infection in larvae, grow-out shrimp and in brood stocks, so that effective managerial measures can be intervened to prevent the disease outbreaks. It is well known that WSSV can be detected at stocking, and that the association with crop outcome is most probably system specific. It is also known that WSSV can be found during the production cycle at a low level without leading to disease outbreaks (Tsai, Kou, Liu, Liu, Chang, Peng, Hsu, Wang & Lo 1999), and that finding histopathological signs of WSSV in moribund and dead shrimp is a good indication that the crop will fail (Mohan, Corsin, Thakur, Padiyar, Madhusudhan, Turnbull, Hao & Morgan 2002a). Nevertheless, it is still not known whether the histopathological signs of WSSV in a representative sample of shrimp collected during production allow a prediction of the occurrence of WSD outbreaks or of poor crop performance. In this study, we examined the association between the WSD status half way through the crop (i.e. at 6th week) and WSD status at the harvest and at the time of stocking and with the crop outcomes in terms of yield per hectare, survival, average shrimp weight and days of culture
Factorization of isometries of hyperbolic 4-space and a discreteness condition:
No full textGilman's NSDC condition is a sufficient condition for the discreteness of a two generator subgroup of PSL(2,C). We address the question of the extension of this condition to subgroups of isometries of hyperbolic 4-space. While making this new construction, namely the NSDS condition, we are led to ask whether every orientation preserving isometry of hyperbolic 4-space can be factored into the product of two half-turns. We use some techniques developed by Wilker to first, define a half-turn suitably in dimension 4 and then answer the former question. It turns out that defining a half-turn in this way in any dimension n enables us to generalize some of Gilman's theorems to dimension greater than or equal to 4. We also give an exposition on part of Wilker's work and give new proofs for some of his results.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-53)by Karan Mohan Pur
Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
No full textThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
Designing a successful library school field experience
No full textTo share the library school field experience paradigm that the authors developed after their successful participation as a supervisor and student.
Design/methodology/approach – A review of field experience literature is provided. The field experience paradigms and perspectives pertaining to the supervisor and the student are explained. The paradigm is suggested as a model for field experience participants and their supervisors.
Findings – The field experience paradigm for the supervisors elucidates the stages – planning, training, mentoring and evaluation. The paradigm for students explains the phases – awareness, interests, planning and participation.
Research limitations/implications – The focus of the field experience, from which the paradigm emanated, was to train and prepare the student for agricultural librarianship in an academic library. The application of the paradigm may vary for different situations.
Practical implications – The paradigm is expected to be useful for supervisors and students of field experience programs.
Originality/value – This paradigm stems from the participation of the authors as a field experience supervisor and student. The steps and methods the authors followed will help advance future field experience programs
Posterior urethral valve in neonates - overview in a tertiary care center
No full textBackground: Posterior urethral valves are a unique obstructive pathology occurring in male children. Although known to present during various age groups when diagnosed in the neonatal period itself the outcome is better.
Aims and Objectives: To study the incidence, clinical presentation, investigations, and management of neonates with posterior urethral valves and compare with literature.
Materials and Methods: Retrospective study of neonates admitted to Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital in South India for 1 year from August 2022 to July 2023.
Results: Of a total of 16 cases studied the age of incidence of posterior urethral valve is 1–28 days with antenatally detected in nine cases. Fulguration was done in all 14 cases with vesicostomy in one case, bilateral ureterostomy in one case, and death in one case.
Conclusion: Posterior urethral valve is a rare neonatal disease which is most often diagnosed antenatally. The investigations and modalities of management in our institution are inline with other studies in literature
Shankar Acharya and Rakesh Mohan (eds.) India’s Economy—Performance and Challenges: Essays in Honour of Montek Singh Ahluwalia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010. xv+465 pages.
No full textThis volume comprises a compilation of essays written by
distinguished Indian economists, and international economists and
observers on India, in honour of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an eminent
economist and currently Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, widely
recognised as one of the main architects and drivers of the economic
reform process. In a very well-written Introduction to this festschrift,
capturing the essence of the contributions to the volume and weaving
them into an excellent overview, Shankar Acharya and Rakesh Mohan state,
“Indeed the story of India’s economic policies over the past three
decades could easily be woven around Montek’s career as the pre-eminent
government economist through most of this time”. This role is earlier
acknowledged in the foreword to the volume by the current Indian Prime
Minister, Manmohan Singh, the initiator of the overall reform process as
Finance Minister from 1991-96, when Montek (as he is popularly known)
worked under him in important positions. This recognition also finds
strong support amongst the authors, who were close associates of Montek
in policy-making, as they recount the role he played in both shaping and
driving the economic policy reform agenda. How a small but well-knit
team of economists, most of whom had earlier worked in the World Bank or
the IMF, could actually achieve this in a country as large and complex
as India would baffle any observer. While the book provides no explicit
answer, the reform process appears to have initially found favour in
response to the economic crisis in 1991. The process then gained
momentum as the reforms showed measurable success, and this helped win
over the trust and confidence of the political ruling élite
Budhan Stories S1E8: Livelihood Part 1
No full textEpisode 8 of Season 1 explores the livelihood issues of Chhara people because of Corona. For example, people who are singers, running music bands, DJs, Decoration, Traditional Musicians, statue makers etc. Corona made their livelihood completely shut down and they faced horrible economic hardship,Directed (Author) by: Budhan Theatre Team. Participants:Dakxin Chhara, Atish Indrekar, Ruchika Kodekar, Chetna Rathod, Kushal Batunge, Keyur Bajrange, Anish Garange, Siddharth Garange, Alice Tilche, Akshay Khanna, Yashodara Udupa,Sunil Bajrange, Dhanaji Bawri, Laxmikant Gumane, Hiren Gagdekar, Mohan Bajaniya, Govind Machhrekar, Shankar Bajaniya.Supplementary materials include subtitles and poster.</p
Forman Christian College Magazine
No full textVelte, F. M.-Essay-The Vernacular Sections. pp. 1-2; Kalim, A.-Essay-Sir Abdul Qadir. pp. 2-3; Velte, F. M.-Essay-George Bernard Shaw, III. pp. 4-7; Uma Shankar-Essay-Shelley. pp. 8-18; Buland Akhtar-Essay-Ivan Bunin. pp. 19-22; Essay-Thus Spoke the Artist. pp. 22-23; Rajindar Mohan Bhatnagar-Essay-Second hand Book-shops. pp. 24-25; Shungloo, K. P.-Translated Poetry-Nirvana. pp. 25-26; Ball, P. N.-Essay-Nationalism or Internationalism. pp. 26-28; Khanorkar, M. V.-Essay-My Ideal University. pp. 28-31; Essay-Sense and Nonsense about Centenaries. pp. 31-32; Mansukhani, P.-From Behind the Yellow Curtains. pp. 33; News and Notes. pp. 34-36; Sant Ram Bhatia-Library Notes. pp. 37-40; [Hindi]. 4 p.; Punjabi Kiyari [Punjabi]. 12 p.; Forman Christian College Magazine Lahore: Khisa-e-Urdu [Urdu]. 12 p.Sir Abdul Qadir. after the title page; Prof. W. S. John. after page 3
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