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Richa Shukla ¹

Affiliations
1 Faculty of Psychology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P., IN

Abstract

A new global wellness paradigm is gradually emerging, the spiritual well-being of an individual. The article takes a close and meticulous look at real happiness and spiritual well being. It conceptualizes that people can obtain real happiness by being more compassionate and caring instead of always comparing and competing themselves with others. One can have comparison and competition with one's true self as one will always find that one's true self is always more caring and compassionate and thus in the process one can achieve congruence with one's true self i.e., the state of 'sachchidananda'.The lessons of wellness can be seen and learnt from Indian Epics too. Our epics are full of evidences and shlokas which give us direction for spiritual wellness. The article is concluded by saying that aiming for spiritual well-being not only makes a better human being but also a better society.

Keywords

Spiritual well Being, Happiness

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Richa Shukla ¹

Affiliations
1 ICMR-JRF Scholar, Faculty of Psychology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P., IN

Abstract

A new global wellness paradigm is gradually emerging, the spiritual well-being of an individual. The article takes a close and meticulous look at real happiness and spiritual well being. It conceptualizes that people can obtain real happiness by being more compassionate and caring instead of always comparing and competing themselves with others. One can have comparison and competition with one's true self as one will always find that one's true self is always more caring and compassionate and thus in the process one can achieve congruence with one's true self i.e., the state of 'sachchidananda'.The lessons of wellness can be seen and learnt from Indian Epics too. Our epics are full of evidences and shlokas which give us direction for spiritual wellness. The article is concluded by saying that aiming for spiritual well-being not only makes a better human being but also a better society.

Keywords

Spiritual Well being, Happiness

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Richa Shukla ¹

Affiliations
1 Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, IN

Abstract

Emotional intelligence has been identified as one of the important behavioral constructs considered to be major contributor to success at workplace and well-being of individuals. The major objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and well-being among Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers. A total of 300 IRS officers (231 Males and 121 Females) belonging to the three managerial levels (147 junior, 90 middle and 63 senior level) were selected from the all India total cadre strength of around 4000 officers with approximately 8% from each of the three managerial levels. Significant positive correlations were found between all components of emotional intelligence and well-being. Stepwise regression analysis revealed two important factors of emotional intelligence namely self-regulation and social skills as significant predictors of general well-being.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Well-Being, Indian Revenue Service, Self Regulation, Social Skills.

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Richa Shukla ¹, Dinesh Nagar ¹

Affiliations
1 Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M.P., IN

Abstract

The sagacious use of emotions or emotional intelligence in the workplace is being recognized as an influential factor in enhancing the well being and work related outcomes. Similarly job performance is the most extensively researched criterion variable in both organizational bahaviour and human resource management literatures. The present study was conducted as part of a larger study in a public sector organization with an all India presence. This study explored the impact of gender and managerial levels on emotional intelligence andjob performance. 300 IRS officers (232 Males and 68 Females) from the four zones (east, west, north and south) and three managerial levels (147 junior, 90 middle and 63 senior level) were asked to rate 60 items of emotional intelligence in a scale developed by Singh and 33 items in a self developed scale of job performance. Results found that female officers exhibit relatively higher social skills (component of EI) as compare to male officers whereas there is no difference in job performance among male and female officers. Furthermore, officers of senior managerial level exhibited higher self regulation and social skills and also higher organizational commitment, satisfaction with rewards and incentives, high organizational support and totaljob performance as compare to the officers ofjunior and middle managerial levels.

Keywords

Emotional Intelligence, Job Performance, Gender, Managerial Levels, Indian Revenue Service Officers.

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Richa Shukla ¹, Vandana Niranjan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, IN

Abstract

Reversible logic is gaining importance in the context of upcoming fields such as nanotechnology, cellular automata, quantum level computation and low power VLSI design. The most attractive feature in reversible circuits is that there is one to one correspondence between input and output vectors. Therefore these circuits do not lose any information during computation. In this work we have improved the performance of reversible logic adder by modifying its structure. A delay and power efficient vedic multiplier has been implemented using proposed adder. All the circuits have been designed at 90 nm CMOS technology using Cadence Virtuoso software. Based on the results, it is concluded that the performance of a carry look ahead (CLA) adder gives best performance by changing the type of reversible gate used in its structure. The performance improvement is in terms of reduced number of gates by almost 60% reduced ancillary inputs by 46% and reduced number of garbage outputs by almost 48%. The proposed CLA adder may also find many applications in multiply and accumulate units.

Keywords

Ancillary Inputs, Carry Look Ahead Adder, Garbage Outputs, Reversible Logic, Low Power.

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Richa Shukla ¹, Veena Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk - 304022, Rajasthan, IN

Abstract

Contagious infections cause over 17 million human deaths in a year among which diseases caused by bacteria are the most prominent ones. Additionally, in the last few years, the haphazard usage of antibiotics has provoked the condition of multifarious defiance in the bacterial strains against these chemical drugs thus contributing to an upsurge towards severe economic and communal welfare-related uncertainties. Thus, to annihilate such situations there is a compelling demand to explore novel substitutes to overcome these concerns. Hence, such problematic situations bring up the limelight towards plant-derived proteins/peptides possessing antimicrobial activity which prove to be excellent alternatives against bacterial pathogens causing serious maladies in humans. Therefore, in this context the current study investigated the antibacterial potential of the Ethanol, Methanol and Chloroform peptides/protein isolate obtained from pods of Acacia nilotica by Disc-Diffusion Assay and MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) against E. coli and B. subtilis bacterial strains. The antibacterial activity of all three solvent peptide isolates was found to be exhibiting antimicrobial activity at a concentration of 100μg/ml against B. subtilis with Disc-Diffusion as well as MIC with Chloroform isolate displaying the highest activity against gram-positive Bacillus species. Therefore, such plant-derived antibacterial proteins/peptides in the future can be used as a therapeutic drug to combat various severe bacterial maladies thus providing a better alternative than antibiotics both in terms of safety against unwanted secondary effects as well as will also help in bringing down the graphs of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) posing a serious threat to the human health. As a result, the study concludes that peptide isolates obtained from Acacia nilotica pods are effective against gram-positive Bacillus species, making them an important antibacterial compound.

Keywords

Acacia nilotica, Antimicrobial Resistance, Plant-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides.

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