Vol 106, No 2 (2014)

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Vol 106, No 2 (2014)

In this Issue

In this Issue
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/137-138 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 137-138
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Guest Editorial

Inverting the Pyramid of Scientific Hierarchy
Kartik Shanker
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/139-140 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 139-140
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Correspondence

Tourism, Tribes and Tribulations in Andaman Islands
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/141-141 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 141-141
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Science, Society and Media: some Perspectives
Udayan Singh
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/142-142 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 142-142
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Participatory Water Management
P. Naik
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/142-143 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 142-143
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Food Colourants and Health Issues: are we Aware?
R. Siva
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/143-144 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 143-144
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Time to take a Closer Look at School-Level Science Teaching
Bhupati Chakrabarti
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/144-145 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 144-145
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News

Seventy-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Ipsita Herlekar, Megha Prakash
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/146-148 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 146-148
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Thermophiles–2013
T. Satyanarayana
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/148-149 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 148-149
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Opinion

Peer-Reviewed, High-Quality Research Publications from Indian Academia
Jayarama D. Bhat, V. Venkateswara Sarma
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/150-151 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 150-151
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Commentary

Endosulfan Issue: Science Verses Conscience
G. K. Mahapatro, Madhumita Panigrahi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/152-155 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 152-155
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Scientific Correspondance

Piezometric Water-Level Conditions in Bangalore City, Karnataka, India
G. V. Hegde, K. C. Subhash Chandra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/156-159 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 156-159
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Anomalous Silver Concentration in Volcano-Plutonic Rocks of Siwana Ring Complex, Barmer District, Western Rajasthan
Rajeev Bidwai, S. Srinivasan, L. K. Nanda, Atanu Banerjee, P. N. Bangroo, A. K. Rai, P. S. Parihar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/159-162 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 159-162
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Occurrence of Rare Earth Elements in Parts of Nongpoh Granite, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya
Mohd. Sadiq, Ravi Kumar Umrao, J. C. Dutta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/162-165 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 162-165
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General Article

Scientometric Facts on International Collaborative Indian Publications
E. R. Prakasan, Lalit Mohan, Priya Girap, Ganesh Surwase, B. S. Kademani, K. Bhanumurthy
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/166-169 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 166-169
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Composite Index for Measuring Sustainability of Food Systems in Punjab
Abdul Nasir, M. S. Toor, Kamal Vatta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/170-175 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 170-175
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Special Section: Science of the Himalaya

Intricacies of the Himalayan Seismotectonics and Seismogenesis: Need for Integrated Research
O. P. Mishra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/176-187 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 176-187
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Seismotectonics of the Great and Large Earthquakes in Himalaya
J. R. Kayal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/188-197 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 188-197
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Seismotectonic Implications of Strike-Slip Earthquakes in the Darjiling-Sikkim Himalaya
Malay Mukul, Sridevi Jade, Kutubuddin Ansari, Abdul Matin
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/198-210 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 198-210
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Active Tectonics in the Northwestern Outer Himalaya: Evidence of Large-Magnitude Palaeoearthquakes in Pinjaur Dun and the Frontal Himalaya
G. Philip, N. Suresh, S. S. Bhakuni
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/211-222 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 211-222
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Palaeogeographic Significance of 'Yasin-Type' Rudist and Orbitolinid Fauna of the Shyok Suture Zone, Saltoro Hills, Northern Ladakh, India
Rajeev Upadhyay
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/223-228 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 223-228
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Active Fault Study along Foothill Zone of Kumaun Sub-Himalaya: Influence on Landscape Shaping and Drainage Evolution
Javed N. Malik, Afroz A. Shah, Sambit P. Naik, Santiswarup Sahoo, Koji Okumura, Nihar R. Patra
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/229-236 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 229-236
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Observed Changes in Himalayan Glaciers
Anil V. Kulkarni, Yogesh Karyakarte
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/237-244 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 237-244
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Climate Footprints in the Late Quaternary-Holocene Landforms of Dun Valley, NW Himalaya, India
Anand K. Pandey, Prabha Pandey, Guru Dayal Singh, Navin Juyal
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/245-253 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 245-253
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When did India-Asia Collide and Make the Himalaya?
A. K. Jain
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/254-266 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 254-266
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Research Articles

Lectin Conjugated Gastro-retentive Microspheres of Amoxicillin for Effective Treatment of Helicobacter pylori
Sunil K. Jain, Mukesh Gupta, Ashok K. Sahoo, Aditya N. Pandey, Akhlesh K. Jain
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/267-276 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 267-276
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Plant Species Diversity in Unmanaged Moist Deciduous Forest of Northern India
Mukesh K. Gautam, Rajesh K. Manhas, Ashutosh K. Tripathi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/277-287 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 277-287
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Research Communications

What Makes India such a Good Indenter?
Hari B. Srivastava, P. R. Cobbold
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/288-292 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 288-292
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Transforming to Hydrological Modelling Approach for Long-Term Water Resources Assessment under Climate Change Scenario - a Case Study of the Godavari Basin, India
K. H. V. Durga Rao, V. Venkateshwar Rao, V. K. Dadhwal, J. R. Sharma, R. Jyothsna
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/293-299 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 293-299
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Screening of Soil for Assessment of Toxicity of Heavy Metals to Organisms
J. K. Saha, N. Panwar
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/300-304 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 300-304
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Living Legends in Indian Science

A Doyen of Indian Botanists: H. Y. Mohan Ram
Ramesh Maheshwari, K. R. Shivanna, R. Dore Swamy, K. Sankara Rao, Gita Mathur
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/305-309 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 305-309
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Book Reviews

M.S. Swaminathan in Conversation - Nitya Rao
M. H. Mehta
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/310-310 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 310-310
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Discovering the Human Connectome - Olaf Sporns
Supratim Ray
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/311-312 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 311-312
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Himalaya: Mountains of Life - Kamal Bawa and Sandesh Kadur
Jahnavi Joshi, Rohit Naniwadekar, Krushnamegh Kunte
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/312-313 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 312-313
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Kumudavathy River Rejuvenation Project - Y. Lingaraju, Sri Janardhan and Sri Abhilash
Subhajyoti Das
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/313-314 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 313-314
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Historical Notes

Swami Vivekananda's Interaction with Scientists and his Appreciation of Them: Celebrating his 150th Birth Anniversary
B. N. Dwivedi
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/315-317 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 315-317
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Academy News

Indian Academy of Sciences elects new Fellows - 2014
DOI:10.18520/cs/v106/i2/318-318 ,  Vol 106, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 318-318
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