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Bharat Ratna, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) rose from humble beginnings to become India's top missile and space scientist and its first technocrat President (2002-2007). Earlier, the former President was actively involved in India's civilian space programme and defence missile development efforts. Dr Kalam, a political to the core, endeared himself to the youth, particularly students, with his almost evangelical-type appeal to strive for creativity, ...
Ours is the age of globalization which has a deep and wide spread impact on various aspects of life including political, social and economic institutions as well as activities. In this light the growing importance of coalition politics and government has emerged as a reality. Due to the emergence of various ethnic cultural and lingual groups, and problems created by them, the coalition politics has presented itself as a cure in various countries – ...
The volume discusses the history of sexual harassment at workplace; what constitutes an act of sexual harassment and how it is perceived, focusing on intent and impact of behaviour. Based on a study undertaken to understand the nature of gender inequality in Indian workplaces, specifically with a view to understanding the causes and processes of sexual harassment in organisations, it deals with forms and types of sexual harassment. It examines the perspectives ...
The seminar papers consider various contemporary issues in higher education institutions and programmes. They emerge with the ideas, experiences and perspectives of experts on the present status and scenario in the future vis-à-vis sustaining quality in higher education institutions.
The presentations take up issues and themes like quality management, professional preparation of teachers, conceptual and operational concerns of quality higher edaucation, ...
Farakka Project was set up in 1966 mainly to project Calcutta Port and to provide rail road link to North-East India. Since Ganga flows from India to Bangladesh, Indo-Bangladesh treaty on Farakka governs flow of Ganga waters to Bangladesh.
At the planning stage, likely future negative impact due to obstruction of water flow resulting from Farakka Barrage was overlooked. As a result, extensive sedimentation in the river bed is witnessed today witness obstructs ...
Chandrayan and Beyond-Indian Space Exploration Programme : covers the development of space science and technology in india,since early 1960&39's till date.The Indian space exloration programme has come a long way from its modest beginning on 21 November 1996,when it launched its first rocket,Rohini.The Moon Impact Probe of the Chandrayan-1 spacecraft,carrying tricolour of india,painted on its sides,landed on the moon on 14 November 2008,covering a ...
This book gives a comprehensive overview and analysis of the concept of globalization - the process which describes the political, economic, and cultural atmosphere of today. Social change in India, particularly cultural change, in the wake of liberalization and globalization is best reflected in the consumption pattern and lifestyle of the contemporary urban middle class. The urban middle class as consumers has been studied in terms of changes and continuity in ...
During the last sixty years, historians have made efforts to explain the circumstances which led to the making of Pakistan. There is no dearth of those who have blamed the Indian National Congress and its leaders for its creation. The Buedon of evidence, however, suggests that is was Jinnah, President of All India Muslim League, who got direct and indirect support from the Viceroy when the war began, for achieving his aim of making a separate homeland for the ...
Climate change due to the global warming is taking the earth to a tipping point. It is a harsh reality in extreme environments. India has prepared a national action plan on climate change 2008 in response to her current vulnerability to climate change and strong commitment to sustainable development through energy efficiency and conservation of natural resources guided and driven by science and technology advancement. And eight national missions are being set up, ...
NIAR is focused on addressing multifarious governance challenges facing the country by generating serious policy debate through its publication activities. In pursunance of the above aim, it is bringing out a series of volumes entitled "Governance Challenges" highlighting one critical fact of governance in every volume. The instant volume – the first in its series – has attempted to address a plethora a issues concerning elementary ...