V K Singh
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General VK Singh served in the Indian Army for forty-two years, retiring as Chief of Army Staff on 31 May 2012. His distinguished career saw him on the front lines of combat-in the Indo-Pak War of 1971 which led to the creation of Bangladesh, and in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. Considered one of the worlds foremost experts in counter-insurgency operations, he is also known for the principled stand he took on many issues during his tenure, ...
This book presents the research findings, with the object of providing comparative information on party practices in order to aid party reform efforts. The party strategies and practices described in this study emerged from a review of party documents and discussions with party representatives and the accounts of party reform initiatives, therefore, largely reflect the parties perspectives. Efforts to define political corruption usually begin by identifying a ...
Many pathologists pursue a broad based training and become certified in both fields. These skills are complementary in many hospital based private practice settings. since the day to day work od many clinical laboratories only intermittently requires the attention od a physician. Thus, pathologists are able to spend much of cover any special issues which might arise in the clinical laboratories. Pathologists may pursue specialised fellowship training within one ...
The present work is the outcome of a series of ethnobotanical field surveys conducted in Kumaon and Garhwal Himalayas of the western Uttar Pradesh, for about a decade since 1983. It enlists 691 medicinal plants species arranged in alphabetical order providing information on their botanical name, family, varnacular name(s), locality and collection number, habit and habitat, therapeutic action and uses, ethnomedicinal field data, biodynamic notes (comprising ...
The present volume provides an overview on Human genome project, which offers gene therapy, drug therapy and prevention of genetic diseases. Since both plant and animal DNA is made of four nucleotides of adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, it is no wonder that secondary metabolites of the former (e.g. alkaloids, isoprenoids, flavonoids, glycosides, lignans etc.) become a drug for the latter. Thus reviews on diterpenes of Euphorbiaceae family, Glycyrrhizin, a ...
This book needs to explore the entity of human resource management (HRM) in an all encompassing manner. The HRM function has undergone tremendous changes in the past 20-30 years. Before, the "Personnel Department" of any enterprise didn’t bother themselves beyond the mere formalities of paperwork involving the hiring and pay of people. The current scenario, however, begs to differ, and the "HR Department" today recruits, ...
Spanning over 60 years of military leadership in India, this unique book brings to life the human side of twelve exceptional military leaders. Unlike traditional biographies of combat leaders which focus primarily on military operations or regimental histories, the author concentrates on personal accounts, anecdotes and reminiscences in order to highlight these leaders` personalities, and to draw out the human face behind the military facade. The author argues ...