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India occupies unique strategic location in South Asia. Having varied topography it falls in different climatic zones. This book is devised as a text-cum-reference book according to the syllabus of UPSC's civil services exams and graduate and post graduate courses of different Indian Universities. This book consists of the following chapters: India: Physical Setting; Resources; Focus on Agriculture; Indian Industry; Transport, Communication and Trade; ...
The administration process enters when two or more pathways are open and custom or rule has not designated the route or method. Alternatives, analysis, authority and accountability are the four major attributes which characterize the widely accepted approach of administration in librarianship today, one which phrased in less verbiage might be described as that of administration as management. In the age of computers and internet library administration has also ...
Social Geography variously known as cultural geography etc. is an important branch of geographical science. This book consists of ten chapters viz. Introduction to social geography; Growth and development; natural trends in social geography; report on social geography research; social geography and sociological models; modern urbanism: social dimensions; human settlements; primitive modes in social geography; India: a sociolinguistic approach; and caste: a social ...
Man has been a traveler from the very beginning i.e. Adam Stage. For one reason or another like food, shelter and security he traveled from one place to another. Gradually with development process causes of travel changed. Thus, evidently man has had the wanderlust from ancient times. As organized activity travel and tourism is a recent development. Whereas in medieval period pilgrimage, exploring new lands, commerce and trade etc. were the prime motive, now ...
Librarianship is a gentle and dignified profession, equally venerated as a university professorship or a director in government and a lecturer or a teacher at junior level. Library education is also gaining popularity. As a professional, a Librarian has to interact with many public, the government, teachers, students, readers, booksellers and publishers etc. As such he/she has to play the role of an academician, and administrator and a manager. Proficiency in ...
The key to success in any field is effective management and this principle holds true for libraries whose functions today have dramatically changed. With information explosion and the growth in the range of services being offered by libraries, library management is vital to providing service to its clientele. The complex procedure of cataloguing and maintenance of cumbersome files has been replaced by a small box –computer and few clicks. Similarly, the ...
Geography is the study of the Earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. Geography research addresses both the questions of where, as well why phenomena occur in particular places. Geography draws upon and contributes to numerous other knowledge discipline. With advances in computer technology, the analytical and spatial data management tools available to geographers, including ...